The Pennsylvania Auditor General is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850.[1] The current Auditor General of Pennsylvania is Jack Wagner.
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The Office of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania was created in 1809 by the General Assembly. The office was appointed by the Governor until 1850, when it became a state-wide elective office. The terms were for 3 years, until a constitutional amendment in 1909 increased the terms to 4 years.[2]
| Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Ephraim Banks | 1851–1857 | |
| Jacob Fryle, Jr. | 1857–1860 | |
| Thomas E. Cochran | 1860–1863 | |
| Isaac Slenker | 1863–1866 | |
| John F. Hartranft | 1866–1872 | Republican |
| C. D. Brigham | 1872 | |
| Harrison Allen | 1872–1875 | |
| Justus F. Temple | 1875–1878 | |
| William P. Schell | 1878–1881 | |
| John A. Lemon | 1881–1884 | |
| Jerome B. Niles | 1884–1887 | |
| A. Wilson Norris | 1887–1888 | |
| Thomas McCamant | 1888–1892 | |
| David McMurtrie Gregg | 1892–1895 | Republican |
| Amos H. Mylin | 1895–1898 | |
| Levi G. McCauley | 1898–1901 | Republican |
| Edmund B. Hardenbergh | 1901–1904 | Republican |
| William P. Snyder | 1904–1907 | Republican |
| Robert K. Young | 1907–1910 | Republican |
| A.E. Sisson | 1910–1913 | Republican |
| Archibald W. Powell | 1913–1917 | Republican |
| Charles A. Snyder | 1917–1921 | Republican |
| Samuel S. Lewis | 1921–1925 | Republican |
| Edward Martin | 1925–1929 | Republican |
| Charles A. Waters | 1929–1933 | Republican |
| Frank E. Baldwin | 1933–1937 | Republican |
| Warren R. Roberts | 1937–1941 | Democratic |
| F. Clair Ross | 1941–1944 | Democratic |
| Ted A. Rosenberg | 1945 | |
| G. Harold Wagner | 1945–1949 | Republican |
| Weldon B Heyburn | 1949–1953 | Republican |
| Charles R. Barber | 1953–1957 | Republican |
| Charles C. Smith | 1957–1961 | Republican |
| Thomas Z. Minehart | 1961–1965 | Democratic |
| Grace M. Sloan | 1965–1969 | Democratic |
| Robert P. Casey | 1969–1977 | Democratic |
| Al Benedict | 1977–1985 | Democratic |
| Donald A. Bailey | 1985–1989 | Democratic |
| Barbara Hafer | 1989–1997 | Republican |
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 1997–2005 | Democratic |
| Jack Wagner | 2005–present | Democratic |