Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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The director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the United States Department of the Treasury. The current acting director is Michael Brown [1]

Seal of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The position has existed since 1862, when the United States Congress authorized the Treasury Department to begin printing paper money. Until the 1890s, the office was commonly known as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The director operates with general directions provided by the United States secretary of the treasury.

List of directors of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The following persons served as the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing:[2]

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No. Image Name Assumed office Left office Refs. President appointed by
1 Spencer M. Clark 1862 1868 [3] Abraham Lincoln
2 George B. McCartee 1869 1876 [4] Ulysses S. Grant
3 Henry C. Jewell 1876 1877 [5] Ulysses S. Grant
4 Edward McPherson 1877 1878 [6] Rutherford B. Hayes
5 O. H. Irish 1878 1883[a] [7] Rutherford B. Hayes
6 Truman N. Burrill 1883 1885 [8] Chester A. Arthur
7 Edward O. Graves 1885 1889 [9] Grover Cleveland
8 William Morton Meredith 1889 1893 [10] Benjamin Harrison
9 Claude M. Johnson 1893 1900 [11] Grover Cleveland
10 William Morton Meredith 1900 1906 [10] William McKinley
11 Thomas J. Sullivan 1906 1908[a] [12] Theodore Roosevelt
12 Joseph E. Ralph 1908 1917 [13] Theodore Roosevelt
13 James L. Wilmeth 1917 1922 [14] Woodrow Wilson
14 Louis A. Hill 1922 1924 [15] Warren G. Harding
15 Wallace W. Kirby 1924 1924 [16] Calvin Coolidge
16 Alvin W. Hall 1924 1954 [17] Calvin Coolidge
17 Henry J. Holtzclaw 1954 1967 [18] Dwight D. Eisenhower
18 James A. Conlon 1967 1977 [19] Lyndon B. Johnson
19 Seymour Berry 1977 1979 [20] Jimmy Carter
20 Harry R. Clements 1979 1982 [21] Jimmy Carter
21 Robert J. Leuver 1983 1988 [22] Ronald Reagan
22 Peter H. Daly 1988 1995 [23] Ronald Reagan
23 Larry E. Rolufs 1996 1998 [24] Bill Clinton
Acting Thomas A. Ferguson January 1998 December 7, 1998 Bill Clinton
24 December 7, 1998 2006 [25][26]
25 Larry R. Felix January 11, 2006 January 31, 2015 [27][28][29] George W. Bush
Acting Leonard R. Olijar February 1, 2015 May 2015 Barack Obama
26 May 2015 June 30, 2023 [30][31]
Acting Charlene E. Williams July 1, 2023 March 23, 2024 [32]
27 Patricia Solimene March 24, 2024 April 27, 2026 [33][34] [35] Joe Biden
Acting Michael Brown April 27, 2026 Incumbent
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Table notes:

  1. [a]
    Died in office.

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