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[edit] How long do they serve?
How long does a commissioner serve?
It used to be that commissioners had unlimited tenure: Guy Helvering may have been the longest- serving Commissioner, at 10 years, 4 months (6/6/1933 — 10/8/1943). The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 set a five-year term of office. The Commissioner serving when this Act became law, Charles Rossotti, served the full five years, from November 1997 to November 2002.
[edit] Potential Reference Sources
Thoughts on the reliability of the Tax History Project? They have a list of commissioners from 1862 onward. Tim.kennedy 01:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I think the website for www.taxhistory.org should be OK. Also, I can check it against CCH's website, which is highly authoritative. (CCH also has the list of Commissioners.) Famspear 02:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I found a historical list of Commissioners in an official IRS publication (see the new reference) and transferred all the info. Comparing it with what you entered, it seems the same, except not including any acting Commissioners. I'm not sure if the they really need to be included - I assume they were just bureaucratic caretakers, acting for a week or at most a few months until someone was appointed. I made some attempts at wikification, but some of the links are going to different people with the same name. -- Minivet 02:10, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Wikitabled the list, I'm going to leave it up to someone more invested in this article to check and decide whether to post it:
No. |
Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Start of Term |
End of Term |
1 |
George S. Boutwell |
July 17, 1862 |
March 4, 1863 |
2 |
Joseph J. Lewis |
March 18, 1863 |
June 30, 1865 |
3 |
William Orton |
July 1, 1865 |
October 31, 1865 |
4 |
Edward A. Rollins |
November 1, 1865 |
March 10, 1869 |
5 |
Columbus Delano |
March 11, 1869 |
October 31, 1870 |
6 |
Alfred Pleasonton |
January 3, 1871 |
August 8, 1871 |
7 |
John W. Douglass |
August 9, 1871 |
May 15, 1875 |
8 |
Daniel D. Pratt |
May 15, 1875 |
July 31, 1876 |
9 |
Green B. Raum |
August 2, 1876 |
April 30, 1883 |
10 |
Walter Evans |
May 21, 1883 |
March 19, 1885 |
11 |
Joseph S. Miller |
March 20, 1885 |
March 20, 1889 |
12 |
John W. Mason |
March 21, 1889 |
April 18, 1893 |
13 |
Joseph S. Miller |
April 19, 1893 |
November 26, 1896 |
14 |
William St. John Forman |
November 27, 1896 |
December 31, 1897 |
15 |
Nathan B. Scott |
January 1, 1898 |
February 18, 1899 |
16 |
George W. Wilson |
March 1, 1899 |
November 27, 1900 |
17 |
John W. Yerkes |
December 20, 1900 |
April 30, 1907 |
18 |
John G. Capers |
June 5, 1907 |
August 31, 1909 |
19 |
Royal E. Cabell |
September 1, 1909 |
April 27, 1913 |
20 |
William H. Osborn |
April 28, 1913 |
September 25, 1917 |
21 |
Daniel Calhoun Roper |
September 26, 1917 |
March 31, 1920 |
22 |
William M. Williams |
April 1, 1920 |
April 11, 1921 |
23 |
David H. Blair |
May 27, 1921 |
May 31, 1929 |
24 |
Robert H. Lucas |
June 1, 1929 |
August 15, 1930 |
26 |
David Burnet |
August 20, 1930 |
May 15, 1933 |
27 |
Guy T. Helvering |
June 6, 1933 |
October 8, 1943 |
28 |
Robert E. Hannegan |
October 9, 1943 |
January 22, 1944 |
29 |
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr. |
March 1, 1944 |
June 30, 1947 |
30 |
George J. Schoeneman |
July 1, 1947 |
July 31, 1951 |
31 |
John B. Dunlap |
August 1, 1951 |
November 18, 1952 |
32 |
T. Coleman Andrews |
February 4, 1953 |
October 31, 1955 |
33 |
Russell C. Harrington |
December 5, 1955 |
September 30, 1958 |
34 |
Dana Latham |
November 5, 1958 |
January 20, 1961 |
35 |
Mortimer M. Caplin |
February 7, 1961 |
July 10, 1964 |
36 |
Sheldon S. Cohen |
January 25, 1965 |
January 20, 1969 |
37 |
Randolph W. Thrower |
April 1, 1969 |
June 22, 1971 |
38 |
Johnnie M. Walters |
August 6, 1971 |
April 30, 1973 |
39 |
Donald C. Alexander |
May 25, 1973 |
February 26, 1977 |
40 |
Jerome Kurtz |
May 5, 1977 |
October 31, 1980 |
41 |
Roscoe L. Egger |
March 14, 1981 |
April 30, 1986 |
42 |
Lawrence B. Gibbs |
August 4, 1986 |
March 4, 1989 |
43 |
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. |
July 5, 1989 |
February 2, 1992 |
44 |
Shirley D. Peterson |
February 3, 1992 |
January 20, 1993 |
45 |
Margaret Milner Richardson |
May 27, 1993 |
May 31, 1997 |
46 |
Charles O. Rossotti |
November 13, 1997 |
November 6, 2002 |
47 |
Mark W. Everson |
May 1, 2003 |
present |
Source: Tax History Project
No article on Guy Helvering; I guess he only lives on in case captions. Green Raum, a Civil War commander turned anti-moonshiner, seems like another fascinating figure without an article. Tim.kennedy 07:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- As time allows, I'll try to check this table against the CCH list, and transfer the table to the article if it's accurate. Stay tuned. Yours, Famspear 15:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)