Illinois Treasurer

The **Treasurer of Illinois** is an elected official of the U.S. state of Illinois. The office was created by the Constitution of Illinois. The current Treasurer is Mike Frerichs.

## Duties

Treasurer of the state of Illinois holds responsibility for the safekeeping and investment of the monies and securities deposited in the public funds of Illinois. The Treasurer is not the state's chief financial officer, that is the Illinois Comptrollers job.

## List of office holders

|#|Name|Political Party|Term|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|John Thomas||1818–1819|
|2|R. K. McLaughlin||1819–1823|
|3|Abner Field||1823–1827|
|4|James Hall||1827–1831|
|5|John Dement|Democratic|1831–1836|
|6|Charles Gregory||1836–1837|
|7|John D. Whiteside||1837–1841|
|8|Milton Carpenter||1841–1848|
|9|John Moore|Democratic|1848–1857|
|10|James Miller||1857–1859|
|11|William Butler||1859–1863|
|12|Alexander Starne|Democratic|1863–1865|
|13|James H. Beveridge||1865–1867|
|14|George W. Smith||1867–1869|
|15|Erastus N. Bates|Republican|1869–1873|
|16|Edward Rutz||1873–1875|
|17|Thomas S. Ridgway|Republican|1875–1877|
|18|Edward Rutz||1877–1879|
|19|John C. Smith|Republican|1879–1881|
|20|Edward Rutz||1881–1883|
|21|John C. Smith|Republican|1883–1885|
|22|Jacob Gross||1885–1887|
|23|John Riley Tanner|Republican|1887–1889|
|24|Charles Becker|Republican|1889–1891|
|25|Edward S. Wilson||1891–1893|
|26|Rufus N. Ramsay||1893–1894|
|27|Elijah P. Ramsay||1894–1895|
|28|Henry Wulff||1895–1897|
|29|Henry L. Hertz|Republican|1897–1899|
|30|Floyd K. Whittlemore|Republican|1899–1901|
|31|Moses O. Williamson|Republican|1901–1903|
|32|Fred A. Busse|Republican|1903–1905|
|33|Len Small|Republican|1905–1907|
|34|John F. Smulski|Republican|1907–1909|
|35|Andrew Russel|Republican|1909–1911|
|36|Edward E. Mitchell||1911–1913|
|37|William Ryan, Jr.||1913–1915|
|38|Andrew Russel|Republican|1915–1917|
|39|Len Small|Republican|1917–1919|
|40|Fred E. Sterling|Republican|1919–1921|
|41|Edward E. Miller|Republican|1921–1923|
|42|Oscar Nelson|Republican|1923–1925|
|43|Omer N. Custer|Republican|1925–1927|
|44|Garrett D. Kinney|Republican|1927–1929|
|45|Omer N. Custer|Republican|1929–1931|
|46|Edward J. Barrett|Democratic|1931–1933|
|47|John C. Martin|Democratic|1933–1935|
|48|John Henry Stelle|Democratic|1935–1937|
|49|John C. Martin|Democratic|1937–1939|
|50|Louie E. Lewis|Democratic|1939–1941|
|51|Warren Wright|Republican|1941–1943|
|52|William G. Stratton|Republican|1943–1945|
|53|Conrad F. Becker|Republican|1945–1947|
|54|Richard Yates Rowe|Republican|1947–1949|
|55|Ora Smith|Democratic|1949–1951|
|56|William G. Stratton|Republican|1951–1953|
|57|Elmer J. Hoffman|Republican|1953–1955|
|58|Warren Wright|Republican|1955–1957|
|59|Elmer J. Hoffman|Republican|1957–1959|
|60|Joseph D. Lohman|Democratic|1959–1961|
|61|Francis S. Lorenz|Democratic|1961–1963|
|62|William J. Scott|Republican|1963–1967|
|63|Adlai Stevenson III|Democratic|1967–1970|
|64|Charles W. Woodford||1970–1971|
|65|Alan J. Dixon|Democratic|1971–1977|
|66|Donald R. Smith|Republican|1977–1979|
|67|Jerome Cosentino|Democratic|1979–1983|
|68|James Donnewald|Democratic|1983–1987|
|69|Jerome Cosentino|Democratic|1987–1991|
|70|Pat Quinn|Democratic|1991–1995|
|71|Judy Baar Topinka|Republican|1995–2007|
|72|Alexi Giannoulias|Democratic|2007–2011|
|73|Dan Rutherford|Republican|2011–2015|
|74|Mike Frerichs|Democratic|2015–present|

## Other websites

- Illinois State Treasurer's Office

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Treasurer
- **body**: Illinois
- **insignia**: Seal of Illinois.svg
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Illinois
- **image**: L-16-06-30-A 0165 Michael Frerichs headshot.jpg
- **incumbent**: Mike Frerichs
- **incumbentsince**: January 12, 2015
- **termlength**: Four years, no term limits
- **inaugural**: John Thomas
- **salary**: $135,669 (2016)