Michigan State Treasurer

{{Short description|Chief financial officer for the U.S. state of Michigan}}

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|headquarters = Lansing, Michigan

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|chief1_name = Rachael A. Eubanks

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|chief2_name = Tom Saxton

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the State of Michigan

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|incumbent = Rachael A. Eubanks

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|appointer = Governor (Gretchen Whitmer)

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The state treasurer of Michigan functions as the chief financial officer for the U.S. state of Michigan. The state treasurer oversees the collection, investment, and disbursement of all state monies, and also administers major tax laws, safeguards the credit of the state, and distributes revenue sharing monies to local units of government. It is an unelected office within the executive branch.[http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2011-2012/2011-MM-P0384-p0389.pdf 2011-2012 Michigan Manual: Chapter IV—The Executive Branch: Department of Treasury]

The current state treasurer is Rachael A. Eubanks, who was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in January 2019.[http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/03/17/snyder-names-new-state-treasurer-nick-khouri/24905051/ freep.com: Snyder names Nick Khouri state treasurer ]

List of state treasurers of Michigan

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| Henry HowardResigned May 1, 1839; succeeded by Peter Desnoyers, appointed by Governor Stevens T. Mason to fill vacancy, until Robert Stuart appointed by Michigan Legislature January 23, 1840.

|1836–1839

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| Peter Desnoyers

| 1839–1840

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| Robert StuartO. C. Comstock, “Sketch of the Life of Hon. Robert Stuart,” Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, Vol. III, Robert Smith Printing Co., Lansing (1881 issue, reprinted 1903).

| 1840–1841

| George W. Germain

| 1841–1842

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| John J. AdamResigned May 31, 1845; succeeded by George R. Redfield, appointed by Governor John S. Barry, until George B. Cooper appointed by Michigan Legislature.

| 1842–1845

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| George R. Redfield

| 1845–1846

| George B. Cooper

| 1846–1850

| Bernard C. WhittemoreFirst elected state treasurer.

| 1850–1854

|Silas M. Holmes

| 1855–1858

|John McKinney

| 1859–1860

|John Owen

| 1861–1866

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|Ebenezer O. Grosvenor

| 1867–1870

|Victory P. Collier

| 1871–1874

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|William B. McCreery

| 1875–1878

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|Benjamin D. Pritchard

| 1879–1882

|Edward H. Butler

| 1883–1886

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|George L. Maltz

| 1887–1890

|Frederick Braastad

| 1891–1892

|Joseph F. HambitzerRemoved March 20, 1894; succeeded by James M. Wilkinson.

| 1893–1894

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|James M. Wilkinson

| 1894–1896

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|George A. Steel

| 1897–1900

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|Daniel McCoy

| 1901–1904

|Frank P. GlazierResigned January 22, 1908; John T. Rich appointed January 23, 1908.

| 1905–1908

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|John T. Rich

| 1908

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|Albert E. Sleeper

| 1909–1912

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|John W. Haarer

| 1913–1916

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|Samuel OdellResigned May 21, 1919; succeeded by Frank E. Gorman.

| 1917–1919

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|Frank E. Gorman

| 1919–1924

|Frank D. McKay

| 1925–1930

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|Howard C. Lawrence

| 1931–1932

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|Theodore I. Fry

| 1933–1938

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|Miller Dunckel

| 1939–1940

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|Theodore I. Fry

| 1941–1942

|D. Hale Brake

| 1943–1954

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|Sanford A. Brown

| 1955–1965

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|Allison GreenNominated and confirmed September 14, 1965; resigned September 4, 1978, and succeeded by Loren E. Monroe.

| 1965–1978

|Loren E. MonroeNominated August 18, 1978, for a term to begin September 5, 1978; formally confirmed October 31, 1979.

| 1978–1982

|Robert A. Bowman

| 1983–1991

|Douglas B. RobertsResigned November 20, 1998; chief deputy state treasurer Madhu Anderson named acting state treasurer.

| 1991–1998

|Mark A. MurrayAppointed by Governor John Engler on December 22, 1998, effective January 10, 1999.

| 1999–2001

|Douglas B. RobertsAppointed by Governor John Engler, effective May 1, 2001.

| 2001–2002

|Jay B. RisingAppointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm, effective January 6, 2003; confirmed by the senate January 21, 2003.

| 2003–2006

|Robert J. Kleine

| 2006–2011

|Andy Dillon

| 2011–2013

|R. Kevin Clinton

| 2013–2015

|Nick Khouri

| 2015–2018

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|Rachael A. Eubanks

| 2019–present

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Source: [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4arpx155oyrw0zygyp5ziw3e))/documents/publications/manual/2003-2004/2003-mm-0510-0519-Former.pdf Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan]