Solicitor of the United States Treasury
The Solicitor of the Treasury position was created in the United States Department of the Treasury by an act of May 29, 1830 , which changed the name of the Agent of the Treasury. Function. The Solicitor of the Treasury served as legal advisor to the department, and examined Treasury officers' official bonds and related legal documents. He also supervised all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States. In addition, he established regulations to guide customs collectors, issued distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, and administered  lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts. Position abolished. The position of Solicitor of the Treasury was abolished by an act of May 10, 1934 (48 Stat. 759). Successor agency. The Solicitor of the Treasury's position was succeeded by the Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury. List of Solicitors of the Treasury. Virgil Maxcy of Maryland, from May 29, 1830 Henry D. Gilpin of Pennsylvania, from June 16, 1837 Matthew Birchard of Massachusetts, from January 16, 1840 Charles B. Penrose of Pennsylvania, from March 17, 1841 Seth Barton of Louisiana, from  March 25, 1845 Ransom H. Gillet of New York, from May 27, 1847 John C. Clark of New York, from October 31, 1849 George F. Comstock of New York, from November 15, 1852 Gilbert Rodman of Pennsylvania, from March 30, 1853 (interim) John Carroll LeGrand of Maryland, from April 8, 1853 Albert Constable of Maryland, from May 2, 1853 Farris B. Streeter of Pennsylvania, from June 3, 1853 Junius Hillyer of Georgia, from December 1, 1857 Benjamin F. Pleasants of Kentucky, from February 13, 1861 (interim) Edward Jordan of Ohio, from March 28, 1861 E. C. Banfield of Massachusetts, from  April 15, 1869 Bluford Wilson of Illinois, from June 22, 1874 George F. Talbot of Maine, from July 24, 1876 Kenneth Rayner of North Carolina, from July 1, 1877 Henry S. Neal of Ohio from July 2, 1884 Alexander McCue of New York, 1885 to 1888 Charles S. Cary of New York, 1888 to 1889 William P. Hepburn of Iowa, 1889 to 1893 Felix A. Reeve of Tennessee, 1893 to 1897 Maurice D. O'Connell of Iowa, 1897 to 1910 William T. Thompson of Nebraska, 1910 to 1913 Felix A. Reeve of Tennessee (acting solicitor), 1914 Lawrence Becker of Indiana, 1915  to 1922 Richard Randolph McMahon of West Virginia, 1922 to 1926 Robert J. Mawhinney of Maryland, 1926 to 1932