Alabama State Treasurer

The Alabama State Treasurer acts as the head banker for the State of Alabama, handling deposits, withdrawals, redemptions of state warrants and investments of state funds.[1] The position was created in 1819 when Alabama became a state. Its constitution established the Office of the Treasurer of State, a position that would be elected by the legislature. Individuals serving as state treasurer were elected annually by the General Assembly from 1819 to 1861. Beginning in 1861, the treasurer was elected biennially from until 1868 and was elected by popular vote for a term of two years in 1868. Arthur Bingham's election in 1868 marked the first time a Republican would hold the office. Kay Ivey in 2002 would become the second Republican to hold the office. The treasurer began to be elected to a four-year term as a result of the 1901 Constitution but could not serve successive terms until a 1968 amendment.[2] In 1950, Sibyl Pool (D) would become the first of seven different women to be elected State Treasurer.

State Treasurer of Alabama
Seal of the State Treasurer of Alabama
Incumbent
Young Boozer
since October 1, 2021
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderJack Ross
1819
FormationAlabama Constitution
WebsiteState Treasurer's Office

The 40th and most recent Alabama State Treasurer is Republican John McMillan,[3] who took office on January 14, 2019. However, McMillan announced on September 17, 2021, that he would resign effective September 30, 2021, to take a position as Executive Director with the Alabama Medical Marijuana Commission. Governor Ivey immediately announced that she would appoint McMillan's predecessor, Young Boozer, to fill the remainder of the term beginning on October 1, 2021. That terms concludes in mid-January, 2023. The party primaries and general election for the next term will respectively be in May and November 2022.

List of Treasurers
NameTerm
1Jack Ross1819–1822
2John Perry1822–1829
3Hardin Perkins1829–1834
4William Hawn1834–1840
5Samuel Frierson1840–1846
6William Graham1846–1860
7Duncan Graham1860–1865
8Lyd Saxon1865–1868
9Arthur Bingham1868–1870
10James Grant1870–1872
11Arthur Bingham1872–1874
12Daniel Crawford1874–1878
13Isaac Vincent1878–1883
14Frederick Smith1883–1888
15John Cobbs1888–1892
16J. Craig Smith1892–1896
17George Ellis1896–1900
18J. Craig Smith1900–1907
19Walter D. Seed Sr.1907–1911
20John Purifoy1911–1915
21William Lancaster1915–1919
22Robert Bradley1919–1923
23George Ellis1923–1927
24William Allgood1927–1931
25Sidney Blann1931–1935
26Charles McCall1939–1941
27Walter Lusk1941–1947
28John Brandon1947– 1951
29Sibyl Pool1951–1955
30John Brandon1955–1959
31Agnes Baggett1959–1963
32Mary Texas Hurt Garner1963–1967
33Agnes Baggett1967–1975
34Melba Till Allen1975–1978
35Annie Laurie Gunter1978–1987
36George Wallace Jr.1987–1995
37Lucy Baxley1995–2003
38Kay Ivey2003–2011
39Young Boozer2011–2019
40John McMillan2019–2021
41Young Boozer2021–present

References
  1. "Home". Alabama State Treasury. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. "Office of the State Treasurer".
  3. "Alabama Department of Archives and History: Alabama Treasurers".
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