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The Treasurer of the United States (established September 6, 1777) is the only position within the United States Department of the Treasury older than the Department itself. It should not be confused with the far more powerful cabinet level position of Secretary of the Treasury.
The Treasurer was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury.

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The Treasurer of the United States (established September 6, 1777) is the only position within the United States Department of the Treasury older than the Department itself. It should not be confused with the far more powerful cabinet level position of Secretary of the Treasury.
The Treasurer was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury. Responsibility for oversight of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the United States Mint, and the United States Savings Bonds Division (now the Savings Bond Marketing Office within the Bureau of the Public Debt) was assigned to the Treasurer in 1981. As of 2002 the Office of the Treasurer underwent a major reorganization. The Treasurer now advises the Director of the Mint, the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Deputy Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury on matters relating to coinage, currency and the production of other instruments by the United States.
The Treasurer's signature, as well as the Treasury Secretary's, must appear on Federal Reserve notes before they can become legal tender.
Eager to appoint a woman to a prominent political position, President Harry S. Truman appointed Georgia Neese Clark Treasurer in 1949. Since then, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman, and five of the past nine Treasurers have also been Hispanic.
List of Treasurers
| No. | Name | Term of Office | President(s) served under |
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| 1 | Michael Hillegas | July 29, 1775 - September 11, 1789 | George Washington; Also served under Confederation Congress | | 2 | Samuel Meredith | September 11, 1789 - December 1, 1801 | George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson | | 3 | Thomas T. Tucker | December 1, 1801 - May 2, 1828 | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams | | 4 | William Clark | June 4, 1828 - May 31, 1829 | John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson | | 5 | John Campbell | May 26, 1829 - July 20, 1839 | Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren | | 6 | William Selden | July 22, 1839 - November 23, 1850 | Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore | | 7 | John Sloane | November 27, 1850 - April 6, 1852 | Millard Fillmore | | 8 | Samuel Casey | April 4, 1853 - December 22, 1859 | Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan | | 9 | William C. Price | February 28, 1860 - March 21, 1861 | Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln | | 10 | Francis E. Spinner | March 16, 1861 - July 30, 1875 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant | | 11 | John C. New | June 30, 1875 - July 1, 1876 | Ulysses S. Grant | | 12 | A.U. Wyman | July 1, 1876 - June 30, 1877 | Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes | | 13 | James Gilfillan | July 1, 1877 - March 31, 1883 | Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur | | 14 | A.U. Wyman | April 1, 1883 - April 30, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland | | 15 | Conrad N. Jordan | May 1, 1885 - March 23, 1887 | Grover Cleveland | | 16 | James W. Hyatt | May 24, 1887 - May 10, 1889 | Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison | | 17 | J.N. Huston | May 11, 1889 - April 24, 1891 | Benjamin Harrison | | 18 | Enos H. Nebecker | April 25, 1891 - May 31, 1893 | Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland | | 19 | D.N. Morgan | June 1, 1893 - June 30, 1897 | Grover Cleveland, William McKinley | | 20 | Ellis H. Roberts | July 1, 1897 - June 30, 1905 | William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt | | 21 | Charles H. Treat | July 1, 1905 - October 30, 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft | | 22 | Lee McClung | November 1, 1909 - November 21, 1912 | William Howard Taft | | 23 | Carmi A. Thompson | November 22, 1912 - March 31, 1913 | William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson | | 24 | John Burke | April 1, 1913 - January 5, 1921 | Woodrow Wilson | | 25 | Frank White | May 2, 1921 - May 1, 1928 | Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge | | 26 | Harold Theodore Tate | May 31, 1928 - January 17, 1929 | Calvin Coolidge | | 27 | W.O. Woods | January 18, 1929 - May 31, 1933 | Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt | | 28 | William Alexander Julian | June 1, 1933 - May 29, 1949 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman | | 29 | Georgia Neese Clark | June 21, 1949 - January 27, 1953 | Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower | | 30 | Ivy Baker Priest | January 28, 1953 - January 29, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy | | 31 | Elizabeth Rudel Smith | January 30, 1961 - April 13, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | | 32 | Kathryn O'Hay Granahan | January 3, 1963 - November 22, 1966 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson | | 33 | Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis | May 8, 1969 - July 3, 1971 | Richard Nixon | | 34 | Romana Acosta Bañuelos | December 17, 1971 - February 14, 1974 | Richard Nixon | | 35 | Francine Irving Neff | June 21, 1974 - January 19, 1977 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford | | 36 | Azie Taylor Morton | September 12, 1977 - January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | | | Acting Treasurer | January 20, 1981 - March 17, 1981 | Ronald Reagan | | 37 | Angela Marie Buchanan | March 17, 1981 - July 5, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | | | Acting Treasurer | July 5, 1983 - September 22, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | | 38 | Katherine D. Ortega | September 22, 1983 - July 1, 1989 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush | | | Acting Treasurer | July 1, 1989 - November 20, 1989 | George H. W. Bush | | 39 | Catalina Vasquez Villalpando | November 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | | | Acting Treasurer | January 20, 1993 - March 1, 1994 | Bill Clinton | | 40 | Mary Ellen Withrow | March 1, 1994 - January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | | | Acting Treasurer | January 20, 2001 - August 16, 2001 | George W. Bush | | 41 | Rosario Marin | August 16, 2001 - June 30, 2003 | George W. Bush | | | Acting Treasurer | June 30, 2003 - December 13, 2004 | George W. Bush | | 42 | Anna Escobedo Cabral | December 13, 2004 - January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush | | | Acting Treasurer | January 20, 2009 - present | Barack Obama |
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