Alabama State Treasurer
State Treasurer of Alabama | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years, 2 term limit |
Inaugural holder | Jack Ross 1819 |
Formation | Alabama Constitution |
Website | State Treasurer's Office |
The Alabama State Treasurer acts as the head banker for the State of Alabama, handling deposits, withdrawals, redemptions of state warrants and investments of state funds.[1] The position was created in 1819 when Alabama became a state. Its constitution established the Office of the Treasurer of State, a position that would be elected by the legislature. Individuals serving as state treasurer were elected annually by the General Assembly from 1819 to 1861. Beginning in 1861, the treasurer was elected biennially from until 1868 and was elected by popular vote for a term of two years in 1868. Arthur Bingham's election in 1868 marked the first time a Republican would hold the office. Kay Ivey in 2002 would become the second Republican to hold the office. The treasurer began to be elected to a four-year term as a result of the 1901 Constitution but could not serve successive terms until a 1968 amendment.[2] In 1950, Sibyl Pool (D) would become the first of seven different women to be elected State Treasurer.
The 40th and most recent Alabama State Treasurer is Republican John McMillan,[3] who took office on January 14, 2019. However, McMillan announced on September 17, 2021, that he would resign effective September 30, 2021, to take a position as Executive Director with the Alabama Medical Marijuana Commission. Governor Ivey immediately announced that she would appoint McMillan's predecessor, Young Boozer, to fill the remainder of the term beginning on October 1, 2021. That terms concludes in mid-January, 2023. The party primaries and general election for the next term will respectively be in May and November 2022.
List of Treasurers[]
Name | Term | |
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1 | 1892 to 1822 | |
2 | 1822 to 1829 | |
3 | 1829 to 1834 | |
4 | William Hawn | 1834 to 1840 |
5 | 1840 to 1846 | |
6 | 1846 to 1860 | |
7 | 1860 to 1865 | |
8 | 1865 to 1868 | |
9 | 1868 to 1870 | |
10 | 1870 to 1872 | |
11 | Arthur Bingham | 1872 to 1874 |
12 | Daniel Crawford | 1874 to 1878 |
13 | 1878 to 1883 | |
14 | 1883 to 1888 | |
15 | 1888 to 1892 | |
16 | 1892 to 1896 | |
17 | 1896 to 1900 | |
18 | J. Craig Smith | 1900 to 1907 |
19 | Walter D. Seed Sr. | 1907 to 1911 |
20 | John Purifoy | 1911 to 1915 |
21 | 1915 to 1919 | |
22 | 1919 to 1923 | |
23 | George Ellis | 1923 to 1927 |
24 | William Allgood | 1927 to 1931 |
25 | 1931 to 1935 | |
26 | 1939 to 1941 | |
27 | 1941 to 1947 | |
28 | John Brandon | 1947 to 1951 |
29 | Sibyl Pool | 1951 to 1955 |
30 | John Brandon | 1955 to 1959 |
31 | Agnes Baggett | 1959 to 1963 |
32 | Mary Texas Hurt Garner | 1963 to 1967 |
33 | Agnes Baggett | 1967 to 1975 |
34 | Melba Till Allen | 1975 to 1978 |
35 | Annie Laurie Gunter | 1978 to 1987 |
36 | George Wallace Jr. | 1987 to 1995 |
37 | Lucy Baxley | 1995 to 2003 |
38 | Kay Ivey | 2003 to 2011 |
39 | Young Boozer | 2011 to 2019 |
40 | John McMillan | 2019 to 2021 |
41 | Young Boozer | 2021 to present |
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References[]
- State treasurers of Alabama
- 1819 establishments in Alabama