State Treasurer of Missouri
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The State Treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. The current State Treasurer is Sarah Steelman.
[edit] Duties of the State Treasurer
The State Treasurer is responsible for management of over $19 billion in annual revenues, over $3 billion in state investments, and over $220 million in unclaimed property, and the state's college tuition savings program. Furthermore, as banking director for the state government, the State Treasurer is responsible for authorizing disbursement of state funds, balancing of state accounts, contracting with private banks to process state receipts and disbursements, manage money and security transfers, and report on the state's financial activities. The State Treasurer is also responsible for serving on the governing boards of the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, and the state Board of Fund Commissioners.
[edit] List of State Treasurers
| Name | Party | Years of Service |
| John Peter Didier | Democrat | 1820-1821 |
| Nathaniel Simonds | Democrat | 1821-1829 |
| James Earickson | Democrat | 1829-1833 |
| John Walker | Democrat | 1833-1838 |
| Abraham McClellan | Democrat | 1838-1843 |
| Peter Garland Glover | Democrat | 1843-1851 |
| Alfred William Morrison | Democrat | 1851-1861 |
| George Caleb Bingham | Democrat | 1862-1865 |
| William Bishop | Republican | 1865-1869 |
| William Q. Dallmeyer | Republican | 1869-1871 |
| Samuel Hays | Republican | 1871-1873 |
| Harvey Wallis Salmon | Democrat | 1873-1875 |
| Joseph Wayne Mercer | Democrat | 1875-1877 |
| Elijah Gates | Democrat | 1877-1881 |
| Phillip Edward Chappell | Democrat | 1881-1885 |
| James M. Seibert | Democrat | 1885-1889 |
| Edward T. Noland | Democrat | 1889-1890 |
| Lon Vest Stephens | Democrat | 1890-1897 |
| Frank L. Pitts | Democrat | 1897-1901 |
| Robert P. Williams | Democrat | 1901-1905 |
| Jacob F. Gmelich | Republican | 1905-1909 |
| James Cowgill | Democrat | 1909-1913 |
| Edwin P. Deal | Democrat | 1913-1917 |
| George H. Middelkamp | Democrat | 1917-1921 |
| Lorenzo Dow Thompson | Republican | 1921-1925 |
| C. Eugene Stephens | Republican | 1925-1929 |
| Larry Brunk | Republican | 1929-1933 |
| Richard R. Nacy | Democrat | 1933-1937 (1st term) |
| Robert W. Winn | Democrat | 1937-1941 (1st term) |
| Wilson Bell | Democrat | 1941-1945 |
| Robert W. Winn | Democrat | 1945-1948 (2nd term) |
| Richard R. Nacy | Democrat | 1948-1949 (2nd term) |
| Mount Etna Morris | Democrat | 1949-1953 (1st term) |
| George Hubert Bates | Democrat | 1953-1957 |
| Mount Etna Morris | Democrat | 1957-1961 (2nd term) |
| Milton Carpenter | Democrat | 1961-1965 |
| Mount Etna Morris | Democrat | 1965-1969 (3rd term) |
| William Edmond Robinson | Democrat | 1969-1973 |
| Jim Spainhower | Democrat | 1973-1981 |
| Mel Carnahan | Democrat | 1981-1985 |
| Wendell Bailey | Republican | 1985-1993 |
| Bob Holden | Democrat | 1993-2001 |
| Nancy Farmer | Democrat | 2001-2005 |
| Sarah Steelman | Republican | 2005-PRESENT |
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