Vermont State Treasurer

The State Treasurer's Office is responsible several administrative and service duties, in accordance with Vermont Statutes. These include: investing state funds; issuing state bonds; serving as the central bank for state agencies; managing the state’s cash balances, check processing and reconciliation; safeguarding and returning unclaimed or abandoned financial property; and administering three major pension plans for public employees.[1]

The incumbent is Beth Pearce, who was appointed to the office in January, 2011 when Jeb Spaulding resigned to become Secretary of Administration in the cabinet of Governor Peter Shumlin. Pearce had been Spaulding's deputy.[2][3]

Former Vermont Treasurers

Name Years
Ira Allen 1778–1786
Samuel Mattocks 1786–1800
Benjamin Swan 1800–1833
Augustine Clarke 1833–1837
Allen Wardner 1837–1838
Henry Fisk Janes 1838–1841
John Spaulding 1841–1846
Elisha P. Jewett 1846–1847
George Howes 1847–1853
John A. Page 1853–1854
Henry M. Bates 1854–1860
John B. Page 1860–1866
John A. Page 1866–1882
William H. Dubois 1882–1890
Henry F. Field 1890–1898
John L. Bacon 1898–1906
Edward H. Deavitt 1906–1915
Walter F. Scott 1915–1923
Thomas H. Cave 1923–1943
Levi R. Kelley 1943–1949
George H. Amidon 1949–1965
Peter J. Hincks 1965–1968
Madelyn Davidson 1968–1969
Frank H. Davis 1969–1975
Stella B. Hackel 1975–1977
Emory A. Hebard 1977–1989
Paul W. Ruse, Jr. 1989-1995
James H. Douglas 1995–2003
George B. "Jeb" Spaulding 2003–2011
Beth Pearce 2011–Present[4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ About the Treasurer's Office page, Vermont State Treasurer's web site, accessed November 26, 2011
  2. ↑ Press Release, Governor-Elect Shumlin Appoints Beth Pearce as Vermont’s Next State Treasurer, by Shumlin for Governor Campaign, December 20, 2010
  3. ↑ News story, Deputy Vt. Treasurer to Take Top Job, WCAX-TV, December 20, 2010
  4. ↑ Early History of Vermont, by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, page 380
  5. ↑ Vermont State Treasurers, Terms of Service, published by Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, accessed November 26, 2011