Treasurer of the United States - wikipedia Treasurer of the United States Not to be confused with United States Secretary of the Treasury. Treasurer of the United States Official Seal of the Treasury Incumbent Jovita Carranza since April 28, 2017 Appointer The President Formation September 6, 1777 Website treasury.gov The Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who 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. 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, appear on Federal Reserve Notes. President Harry S. Truman appointed Georgia Neese Clark as the first woman Treasurer in 1949. Since then, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman, and seven of the past eleven Treasurers have also been Hispanic. Requirement for Senate confirmation for the appointment was dropped as of August 10, 2012. Contents 1 List of Treasurers 2 See also 3 References 4 External links List of Treasurers No. Name Term of Office President ( s ) served under Michael Hillegas July 29, 1775 -- September 11, 1789 ( 14 years, 44 days ) George Washington ( also served under Confederation Congress ) Hillegas served jointly with George Clymer until August 6, 1776. The title of the office was `` Treasurer of the United Colonies '' until May 1777. Samuel Meredith September 11, 1789 -- December 1, 1801 ( 12 years, 81 days ) George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson Thomas T. Tucker December 1, 1801 -- May 2, 1828 ( 26 years, 153 days ) ( served the longest term ) Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams 33 days vacant William Clark June 4, 1828 -- May 26, 1829 ( 356 days ) John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson John Campbell May 26, 1829 -- July 20, 1839 ( 10 years, 55 days ) Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren 2 days vacant 6 William Selden July 22, 1839 -- November 23, 1850 ( 11 years, 124 days ) Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore 4 days vacant 7 John Sloane November 27, 1850 -- April 1, 1853 ( 2 years, 125 days ) Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce 3 days vacant 8 Samuel L. Casey April 4, 1853 -- December 22, 1859 ( 6 years, 262 days ) Franklin Pierce James Buchanan 68 days vacant 9 William C. Price February 28, 1860 -- March 21, 1861 ( 1 year, 21 days ) James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln 10 Francis E. Spinner March 16, 1861 -- July 30, 1875 ( 14 years, 136 days ) Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant 11 John C. New June 30, 1875 -- July 1, 1876 ( 1 year, 1 day ) Ulysses S. Grant 12 A.U. Wyman July 1, 1876 -- June 30, 1877 ( 364 days ) Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes 13 James Gilfillan July 1, 1877 -- March 31, 1883 ( 5 years, 273 days ) Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur 14 A.U. Wyman April 1, 1883 -- April 30, 1885 ( 2 years, 29 days ) Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland 15 Conrad N. Jordan May 1, 1885 -- March 23, 1887 ( 1 year, 326 days ) Grover Cleveland 62 days vacant 16 James W. Hyatt May 24, 1887 -- May 10, 1889 ( 1 year, 351 days ) Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison 17 James N. Huston May 11, 1889 -- April 24, 1891 ( 1 year, 348 days ) Benjamin Harrison 18 Enos H. Nebecker April 25, 1891 -- May 31, 1893 ( 2 years, 36 days ) Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland 19 Daniel N. Morgan June 1, 1893 -- June 30, 1897 ( 4 years, 29 days ) Grover Cleveland William McKinley 20 Ellis H. Roberts July 1, 1897 -- June 30, 1905 ( 7 years, 364 days ) William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt 21 Charles H. Treat July 1, 1905 -- October 30, 1909 ( 4 years, 121 days ) Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft 22 Lee McClung November 1, 1909 -- November 21, 1912 ( 3 years, 20 days ) William Howard Taft 23 Carmi A. Thompson November 22, 1912 -- March 31, 1913 ( 129 days ) ( served the shortest term ) William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson 24 John Burke April 1, 1913 -- January 5, 1921 ( 7 years, 279 days ) Woodrow Wilson 117 days vacant 25 Frank White May 2, 1921 -- May 1, 1928 ( 6 years, 365 days ) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge 30 days vacant 26 Harold Theodore Tate May 31, 1928 -- January 17, 1929 ( 231 days ) Calvin Coolidge 27 W.O. Woods January 18, 1929 -- May 31, 1933 ( 4 years, 133 days ) Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt 28 William Alexander Julian June 1, 1933 -- May 29, 1949 ( 15 years, 362 days ) Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman 23 days vacant 29 Georgia Neese Clark June 21, 1949 -- January 27, 1953 ( 3 years, 220 days ) Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower 30 Ivy Baker Priest January 28, 1953 -- January 29, 1961 ( 8 years, 1 day ) Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy 31 Elizabeth Rudel Smith January 30, 1961 -- April 13, 1962 ( 1 year, 73 days ) John F. Kennedy 265 days vacant 32 Kathryn O'Hay Granahan January 3, 1963 -- November 22, 1966 ( 3 years, 323 days ) John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson 898 days vacant 33 Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis May 8, 1969 -- July 3, 1971 ( 2 years, 56 days ) Richard Nixon 167 days vacant 34 Romana Acosta Bañuelos December 17, 1971 -- February 14, 1974 ( 2 years, 59 days ) Richard Nixon 127 days vacant 35 Francine Irving Neff June 21, 1974 -- January 19, 1977 ( 2 years, 212 days ) Richard Nixon Gerald Ford 236 days vacant 36 Azie Taylor Morton September 12, 1977 -- January 20, 1981 ( 3 years, 130 days ) Jimmy Carter 56 days vacant 37 Angela Marie Buchanan March 17, 1981 -- July 5, 1983 ( 2 years, 110 days ) Ronald Reagan 79 days vacant 38 Katherine D. Ortega September 22, 1983 -- July 1, 1989 ( 5 years, 282 days ) Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush 163 days vacant 39 Catalina Vasquez Villalpando December 11, 1989 -- January 20, 1993 ( 3 years, 40 days ) George H.W. Bush 405 days vacant 40 Mary Ellen Withrow March 1, 1994 -- January 20, 2001 ( 6 years, 325 days ) Bill Clinton 208 days vacant 41 Rosario Marin August 16, 2001 -- June 30, 2003 ( 1 year, 318 days ) George W. Bush 569 days vacant 42 Anna Escobedo Cabral January 19, 2005 -- January 20, 2009 ( 4 years, 1 day ) George W. Bush 198 days vacant 43 Rosa Gumataotao Rios August 6, 2009 -- July 8, 2016 ( 6 years, 337 days ) Barack Obama 346 days vacant 44 Jovita Carranza June 19, 2017 -- present ( 297 days ) Donald Trump Since 1949, the length of time the office has been vacant totals 3,688 days, more than 10 years. See also Register of the Treasury United States Secretary of the Treasury United States Department of the Treasury References Jump up ^ `` About : The Treasurer '', United States Department of the Treasury website. Jump up ^ Carey, Maeve P., Presidential Appointments, the Senate 's Confirmation Process, and Changes Made in the 112th Congress, Congressional Research Service, Oct. 9, 2012. Jump up ^ US Treasury website `` History of the Treasury '' Jump up ^ `` President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration '', The White House, April 28, 2017. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 28. 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Question: who was the first treasurer of the united states
Answer: Michael Hillegas