State Treasurer of Missouri

The State Treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. The current State Treasurer is Clint Zweifel. Treasurers are limited to two terms in office. Along with the Governor, these are the only statewide elected offices in Missouri that are subject to term limits.

Duties of the State Treasurer

The State Treasurer is responsible for managing more than $24 billion in annual revenues and more than $3.6 billion in state investments.[1] Additionally, the State Treasurer works to return nearly $700 million in unclaimed property to more than 4.3 million account owners.[2] The State Treasurer also helps oversee MOST - Missouri's 529 College Savings Plan,[3] which helps families start building a college fund.

As banking director for the state government, the State Treasurer is responsible for authorizing disbursement of state funds, balancing the state accounts, contracting with private banks to process state receipts and disbursements, manage money and security transfers, and reporting on the state's financial activities.[4] The State Treasurer partners with Missouri banks to make low-interest loans to small businesses and farms through the Missouri Linked Deposit Program.[5]

The State Treasurer represents taxpayers by serving on the governing boards of the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, the state Board of Fund Commissioners, and the Missouri Cultural Trust Board. [6]

List of State Treasurers

NamePartyYears of Service
John Peter Didiernone1820–1821
Nathaniel SimondsDemocratic-Republican1821–1829
James EaricksonDemocrat1829–1833
John WalkerDemocrat1833–1838
Abraham McClellanDemocrat1838–1843
Peter Garland GloverDemocrat1843–1851
Alfred William MorrisonDemocrat1851–1861
George Caleb BinghamDemocrat1862–1865
William BishopRepublican1865–1869
William Q. DallmeyerRepublican1869–1871
Samuel HaysRepublican1871–1873
Harvey Wallis SalmonDemocrat1873–1875
Joseph Wayne MercerDemocrat1875–1877
Elijah GatesDemocrat1877–1881
Phillip Edward ChappellDemocrat1881–1885
James M. SeibertDemocrat1885–1889
Edward T. NolandDemocrat1889–1890
Lon Vest StephensDemocrat1890–1897
Frank L. PittsDemocrat1897–1901
Robert P. WilliamsDemocrat1901–1905
Jacob F. GmelichRepublican1905–1909
James CowgillDemocrat1909–1913
Edwin P. DealDemocrat1913–1917
George H. MiddelkampDemocrat1917–1921
Lorenzo Dow ThompsonRepublican1921–1925
C. Eugene StephensRepublican1925–1929
Larry BrunkRepublican1929–1933
Richard R. NacyDemocrat1933–1937 (1st term)
Robert W. WinnDemocrat1937–1941 (1st term)
Wilson BellDemocrat1941–1945
Robert W. WinnDemocrat1945–1948 (2nd term)
Richard R. NacyDemocrat1948–1949 (2nd term)
Mount Etna MorrisDemocrat1949–1953 (1st term)
George Hubert BatesDemocrat1953–1957
Mount Etna MorrisDemocrat1957–1961 (2nd term)
Milton CarpenterDemocrat1961–1965
Mount Etna MorrisDemocrat1965–1969 (3rd term)
William Edmond RobinsonDemocrat1969–1973
Jim SpainhowerDemocrat1973–1981
Mel CarnahanDemocrat1981–1985
Wendell BaileyRepublican1985–1993
Bob HoldenDemocrat1993–2001
Nancy FarmerDemocrat2001–2005
Sarah SteelmanRepublican2005–2009
Clint ZweifelDemocrat2009–Present

References

  1. ↑ http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/office-investments, retrieved April 29, 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/find-your-property, retrieved April 29, 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://www.missourimost.com/, retrieved April 29, 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/about-the-office, retrieved April 29, 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/low-interest-loans, retrieved April 29, 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/about-the-office, retrieved April 29, 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)

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