New York State Comptroller

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The New York State Comptroller is the chief fiscal officer of the U.S. state of New York. The duties of the comptroller include auditing government operations and operating the state's retirement system.

[edit] New York State Comptrollers

1842 to 1847: Azariah C. Flagg (Democrat)
1847 to 1849: Millard Fillmore (Whig)
1849 to 1850: Washington Hunt (Democrat, Whig)
1850 to 1851: Philo C. Fuller (Whig)
1851 to 1853: John C. Wright
1854 to 1855: James M. Cook
1856 to 1857: Lorenzo Burrows (Whig)
1877 to 1879: Frederic P. Olcott
1880 to 1881: James Wolcott Wadsworth (Republican)
1882 to 1883: Ira Davenport (Republican)
1884 to 1887: Alfred C. Chapin (Democrat)
1888 to 1891: Edward Wemple (Democrat)
1899 to 1900: William J. Morgan
1941 to 1942: Joseph V. O'Leary
1943 to 1950: Frank C. Moore (Republican)
1951 to 1954: J. Raymond McGovern (Republican)
1955 to 1979: Arthur Levitt, Sr. (Democrat)
1979 to 1993: Edward Regan (Republican)
1993 to 2003: Carl McCall (Democrat)
2003 to 2006: Alan Hevesi (Democrat)
December 22, 2006 to February 7, 2007: Tom Sanzillo Acting Comptroller
February 7, 2007 to Present: Thomas DiNapoli (Democrat)

Note: Hevesi resigned in December 2006, after being elected to a second term. Vacancies in the office must be filled by a vote of the New York State Legislature.[1]