Pennsylvania Auditor General
{{Short description|Chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania}}
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The Pennsylvania auditor general is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850.[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Bah/dam/rg/rg2ahr.htm PA State Archives – RG-2 – Agency History – Department of the Auditor General] The current auditor general of Pennsylvania is Republican Timothy DeFoor.
History
The office of the auditor general of Pennsylvania was created in 1809 by the General Assembly. The auditor general was appointed by the governor until 1850, when it became a statewide elective office. The terms were for three years, until a constitutional amendment in 1909 increased the terms to four years.[http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/about/ About the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General]
Responsibilities
The auditor general performs financial audits of state agencies, municipal governments, school districts, public sector pensions, entities that receive state funding support (such as certain universities and hospitals), and corporate tax returns. These audits are designed as an accountability mechanism and serve to ensure that public money is spent in an appropriate manner. Additionally, the auditor general undertakes performance audits, which are designed to determine program efficiency and effectiveness, of certain organizations, such as veteran's homes, prisons, and mental health centers.[http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/about/overview.html]
List of auditors general
| class="wikitable"
!Name!!Term!!Party |
| George Bryan Jr.
|1809–1821 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| James Duncan
|1821–1824 |{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Democratic-Republican Party |
| David Mann
|1824–1830 |{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Democratic-Republican |
| Daniel Sturgeon
|1830–1836 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Nathaniel P. Hobart
|1836–1839 |{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}|Anti-Masonic Party |
| George R. Espy
|1839–1842 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| William F. Packer
|1842–1845 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| John N. Purviance
|1845–1851 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Ephraim Banks
|1851–1857 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Jacob Fry Jr.
|1857–1860 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Thomas E. Cochran
|1860–1863 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Isaac Slenker
|1863–1866 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| John F. Hartranft
|1866–1872 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Harrison Allen
|1872–1875 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Justus F. Temple
|1875–1878 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| William P. Schell
|1878–1881 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| John A. Lemon
|1881–1884 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Jerome B. Niles
|1884–1887 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| A. Wilson Norris
|1887–1888 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Thomas McCamant
|1888–1892 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| David McMurtrie Gregg
|1892–1895 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Amos H. Mylin
|1895–1898 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Levi G. McCauley
|1898–1901 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Edmund B. Hardenbergh
|1901–1904 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| William Preston Snyder
|1904–1907 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Robert K. Young
|1907–1910 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| A.E. Sisson
|1910–1913 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Archibald W. Powell
|1913–1917 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Charles A. Snyder
|1917–1921 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Samuel S. Lewis
|1921–1925 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Edward Martin
|1925–1929 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Charles A. Waters
|1929–1933 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Frank E. Baldwin
|1933–1937 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Warren R. Roberts
|1937–1941 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| F. Clair Ross
|1941–1944 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Ted A. Rosenberg
|1945 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| G. Harold Wagner
|1945–1949 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Weldon Brinton Heyburn
|1949–1953 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Charles R. Barber
|1953–1957 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Charles C. Smith
|1957–1961 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Thomas Z. Minehart
|1961–1965 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Grace M. Sloan
|1965–1969 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Bob Casey Sr.
|1969–1977 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Al Benedict
|1977–1985 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Donald A. Bailey
|1985–1989 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Barbara Hafer
|1989–1997 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| Bob Casey Jr.
|1997–2005 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Jack Wagner
|2005–2013 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Eugene DePasquale
|2013–2021 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| Timothy DeFoor
|2021– |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.paauditor.gov/ Office of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania]
{{Pennsylvania}}
{{Pennsylvania statewide elected officials}}
{{U.S. State Auditors}}