The state treasurer of Kansas is the chief custodian of Kansas's cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets. The treasurer provides for the safe and efficient operation of state government through effective banking, investment, and cash management.
The treasurer oversees an office that currently handles over $20 billion and an annual operating budget of $3.5 million. Key programs in the office are Bonds Services, Cash Management, Unclaimed Property, the Ag Loan and Housing Loan Deposit Programs and the Kansas 529 Education Savings Program, which has more than 143,000 accounts with total assets of over $2.7 billion. The Treasurer's office is a fee-funded agency. The treasurer also serves as a member of the Kansas Public Employee's Retirement System (KPERS) and the Pooled Money Investment Board.
Divisions Administration Bond Services Cash Management Kansas Learning Quest Unclaimed Property
Officeholders Territorial treasurers
NameTermPartyThomas Cramer1855–1859DemocraticRobert Mitchell1859–1861
State treasurers ImageNameTermPartyWilliam Tholen1859RepublicanHartwin Dutton1861–1863William Spriggs1863–1867Martin Anderson1867–1869George Graham1869–1871Josiah Hayes1871–1874Samuel Lappin1874–1875John Francis1875–1883Samuel Howe1883–1887James Hamilton1887–1890William Sims1890Solomon Stover1891–1893William Biddle1893–1895PopulistOtis Atherton1895–1897RepublicanDavid Heflebower1897–1899PopulistFrank Grimes1899–1903RepublicanThomas Kelly1903–1907Mark Tulley1907–1913Earl Akers1913–1917Walter Payne1917–1921E.T. Thompson1921–1925Carl White1925–1929Tom Boyd1929–1933William Marion Jardine1933–1934J.J. Rhodes1934–1938Jibo Hewitt1938–1939DemocraticWalter Wilson1939–1945RepublicanElmer Beck1945–1947Richard Fadely1947–1959George Hart1959–1961DemocraticWalter Peery1961–1973RepublicanTom Van Sickle1973–1975 Joan Finney1975–1991DemocraticSally Thompson1991–1998Clyde Graeber1998–1999RepublicanTim Shallenburger1999–2003Lynn Jenkins2003–2008Dennis McKinney2009–2011DemocraticRon Estes2011–2017RepublicanJake LaTurner2017–2021Lynn Rogers2021–2023DemocraticSteven C. Johnson2023–presentRepublican
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