page_title: Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis
section_title: Name change
hierarchical_section_title: Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis / Name change
caption_attribution_description: English: Signatures on $1 Federal Reserve Note, Series 1969 to 1969B
context_page_description: Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis was a Republican Party activist from the U.S. state of Delaware who was appointed the 33rd Treasurer of the United States, having served from May 8, 1969, until her death. She was the only Treasurer to marry while in office.
context_section_description: Following her appointment as Treasurer by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon as Dorothy Andrews Elston, she married Walter L. Kabis (1914–2009), a World War II Pacific Navy veteran on the USS England (DE-635) and a school principal from Wilmington, Delaware in 1970 and changed her name to Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis. She became the first (and so far only) treasurer to have their name changed while in office, an event significant because the signature of the Treasurer of the United States appears on U.S. paper currency.
  As Elston, Kabis signature appeared on the series 1969 one dollar bill. The resulting change in Kabis' signature appeared first on the Series 1969A note, so designated to show a different name as Treasurer, even though it was the same person.
caption: Signatures from year 1969 U.S. Federal Reserve notes. Kabis's signatures are at left.
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