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The state treasurer of Michigan functions as the chief financial officer for the U.S. state of Michigan. The state treasurer oversees the collection, investment, and disbursement of all state monies, and also administers major tax laws, safeguards the credit of the state, and distributes revenue sharing monies to local units of government. It is an unelected office within the executive branch.[2]

FormedJuly 23, 1965 (1965-07-23)[1]
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Annualbudget$490,289,100
Department executives
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Department of Treasury
Department overview
FormedJuly 23, 1965 (1965-07-23)[1]
Headquarters
Annual budget$490,289,100
Department executives
Key document
Websitemichigan.gov/treasury
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Termlength
  • Governor's pleasure
InauguralholderHenry Howard
Formation1837
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State Treasurer of
the State of Michigan
since January 1, 2019
Michigan Department of Treasury
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Term length
  • Governor's pleasure
Inaugural holderHenry Howard
Formation1837
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The current state treasurer is Rachael A. Eubanks, who was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in January 2019.[3]

Appointment

Under the original 1835 Michigan Constitution, the state treasurer was established as an appointed position. State treasurers were appointed by the state legislature.[4] Under the 1850 Michigan Constitution, the state treasurer became an elected position. Elections for the position were held every two years.[5] Under the current 1963 state constitution, the position of state treasurer returned to be an appointed position. State treasurers are now appointed by the governor, with the consent of the state senate.[6][7]

List of state treasurers of Michigan

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Image Name Term Party / Appointer Notes Ref.
Henry Howard 1836–1839 Michigan Legislature Resigned [7][8]
Peter Desnoyers 1839–1840 Stevens T. Mason[a] [7][9]
Robert Stuart 1840–1841 Michigan Legislature Resigned [7][10]
George W. Germain 1841–1842 James Wright Gordon[a] [7]
John J. Adam 1842–1845 Michigan Legislature Resigned [7][11]
George R. Redfield 1845–1846 John S. Barry[a] [7][12]
George B. Cooper 1846–1850 Michigan Legislature [7][13]
Bernard C. Whittemore 1850–1854 Democratic[b] [7][14]
Silas M. Holmes 1855–1858 Republican [7][15]
John McKinney 1859–1860 Republican [7][16]
John Owen 1861–1866 Republican [7][17]
Ebenezer O. Grosvenor 1867–1870 Republican [7][18]
Victory P. Collier 1871–1874 Republican [7][19]
William B. McCreery 1875–1878 Republican [7][20]
Benjamin D. Pritchard 1879–1882 Republican [7][21]
Edward H. Butler 1883–1886 Republican [7][22]
George L. Maltz 1887–1890 Republican [7][23]
Frederick Braastad 1891–1892 Democratic [7][24]
Joseph F. Hambitzer 1893–1894 Republican Removed[c] [7][25]
James M. Wilkinson 1894–1896 John T. Rich[d] [7][26]
Republican [27]
George A. Steel 1897–1900 Republican [7][28]
Daniel McCoy 1901–1904 Republican [7][29]
Frank P. Glazier 1905–1908 Republican Resigned [7][30]
John T. Rich 1908 Fred M. Warner[e] [7][31]
Albert E. Sleeper 1909–1912 Republican [7][32]
John W. Haarer 1913–1916 Republican [7][33]
Samuel Odell 1917–1919 Republican Resigned [7][34]
Frank E. Gorman 1919–1924 Albert Sleeper[d] [7][35]
Republican [36]
Frank D. McKay 1925–1930 Republican [7][37]
Howard C. Lawrence 1931–1932 Republican [7][38]
Theodore I. Fry 1933–1938 Democratic [7][39]
Miller Dunckel 1939–1940 Republican [7][40]
Theodore I. Fry 1941–1942 Democratic [7][41]
D. Hale Brake 1943–1954 Republican [7][42]
Sanford A. Brown 1955–1965 Democratic [7][43]
Allison Green 1965–1978 George W. Romney Resigned [7][44]
Loren E. Monroe 1978–1982[f] William Milliken [7][45]
Robert A. Bowman 1983–1991 James Blanchard [7][46]
Douglas B. Roberts 1991–1998 John Engler Resigned [7][47]
Madhu Anderson 1998–1999 John Engler Acting [7][48]
Mark A. Murray 1999–2001 John Engler Resigned [7][49][50]
Douglas B. Roberts 2001–2002 John Engler [7][50]
Jay B. Rising 2003–2006 Jennifer Granholm Resigned [51][52][53]
Robert J. Kleine 2006–2010 Jennifer Granholm [51][53]
Andy Dillon 2011–2013 Rick Snyder Resigned [51][54][55]
R. Kevin Clinton 2013–2015 Rick Snyder Resigned [51][55][56]
Nick Khouri 2015–2018 Rick Snyder [51][57]
Rachael A. Eubanks 2019–present Gretchen Whitmer [3]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Appointed by governor to serve as state treasurer until the legislature appointed a new one.
  2. [b]
    First elected state treasurer.
  3. [c]
    Removed from office by the governor.
  4. [d]
    Initially appointed by governor to fill vacancy, and then elected in the following general election.
  5. [e]
    Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
  6. [f]
    Nominated and began serving in 1978, formally confirmed in 1979.

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