State Treasurer of Alabama
Seal of the state treasurer of Alabama
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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 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.

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

# Name Term
1 Jack Ross 1819–1822
2 John Perry 1822–1829
3 Hardin Perkins 1829–1834
4 William Hawn 1834–1840
5 Samuel Frierson 1840–1846
6 William Graham 1846–1860
7 Duncan Graham 1860–1865
8 Lyd Saxon 1865–1868
9 Arthur Bingham 1868–1870
10 James Grant 1870–1872
11 Arthur Bingham 1872–1874
12 Daniel Crawford 1874–1878
13 Isaac Vincent 1878–1883
14 Frederick Smith 1883–1888
15 John Cobbs 1888–1892
16 J. Craig Smith 1892–1896
17 George Ellis 1896–1900
18 J. Craig Smith 1900–1907
19 Walter D. Seed Sr. 1907–1911
20 John Purifoy 1911–1915
21 William Lancaster 1915–1919
22 Robert Bradley 1919–1923
23 George Ellis 1923–1927
24 William Allgood 1927–1931
25 Sidney Blann 1931–1935
26 Charles McCall 1939–1941
27 Walter Lusk 1941–1947
28 John Brandon 1947–1951
29 Sibyl Pool 1951–1955
30 John Brandon 1955–1959
31 Agnes Baggett 1959–1963
32 Mary Texas Hurt Garner 1963–1967
33 Agnes Baggett 1967–1975
34 Melba Till Allen 1975–1978
35 Annie Laurie Gunter 1978–1987
36 George Wallace Jr. 1987–1995
37 Lucy Baxley 1995–2003
38 Kay Ivey 2003–2011
39 Young Boozer 2011–2019
40 John McMillan 2019–2021
41 Young Boozer 2021–present

External links

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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