Solicitor of the United States Treasury

The Solicitor of the Treasury served as legal advisor to the department, and examined Treasury officers' official bonds and related legal documents. He also supervised all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States. In addition, he established regulations to guide customs collectors, issued distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, and administered lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts.^[4]

• Comptroller of the Treasury (1789–1817)
• First Comptroller of the Treasury (1817–20)
• Agent of the Treasury (1820–30)^[5]

The position of Solicitor of the Treasury was abolished by an act of May 10, 1934 (48 Stat. 759).^[6]

The Solicitor of the Treasury's position was succeeded by the Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury.^[7][8]

Parties

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Status

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No.	Portrait	Name	State of residence	Took office	Left office
1		Virgil Maxcy[9]	Maryland	May 29, 1830	June 15, 1837
2		Henry D. Gilpin[9]	Pennsylvania	June 16, 1837	January 11, 1840
3		Matthew Birchard[9]	Massachusetts	January 16, 1840	March 17, 1841
4		Charles B. Penrose[9]	Pennsylvania	March 17, 1841	March 4, 1845
5		Seth Barton[9]	Louisiana	March 25, 1845	May 27, 1847
6		Ransom H. Gillet[9]	New York	May 27, 1847	October 30, 1849
7		John C. Clark[9]	New York	October 31, 1849	October 25, 1852
8		George F. Comstock[9]	New York	November 15, 1852	March 30, 1853
–		Gilbert Rodman[9] Acting	Pennsylvania	March 30, 1853	April 8, 1853
9		John Carroll LeGrand[9]	Maryland	April 8, 1853	May 2, 1853
10		Albert Constable[9]	Maryland	May 2, 1853	June 3, 1853
11		Farris B. Streeter[9]	Pennsylvania	June 3, 1853	December 1, 1857
12		Junius Hillyer[9]	Georgia	December 1, 1857	February 13, 1861
–		Benjamin F. Pleasants[9] Acting	Kentucky	February 13, 1861	March 28, 1861
13		Edward Jordan[9]	Ohio	March 28, 1861	April 15, 1869
14		Everett C. Banfield[9]	Massachusetts	April 15, 1869	June 22, 1874
15		Bluford Wilson[9]	Illinois	June 22, 1874	July 24, 1876
16		George F. Talbot[9]	Maine	July 24, 1876	July 1, 1877
17		Kenneth Rayner[9]	North Carolina	July 1, 1877	March 5, 1884
18		Henry S. Neal[10]	Ohio	July 2, 1884	April 13, 1885
19		Alexander McCue[11][12]	New York	April 13, 1885	1888
20		Charles S. Cary[11]	New York	1888	1889
21		William P. Hepburn[11]	Iowa	1889	1893
22		Felix A. Reeve[11]	Tennessee	1893	1897
23		Maurice D. O'Connell[11][13]	Iowa	1897	1910
24		William T. Thompson[14][15][16]	Nebraska	1910	1913
–		Felix A. Reeve[17] Acting	Tennessee	1913	1914
25		Lawrence Becker[18][19]	Indiana	1915	1922
26		Richard Randolph McMahon[20][21]	West Virginia	1922	1926
27		Robert J. Mawhinney[22][23]	Maryland	1926	1932

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