Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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

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:

ImageNameAssumed officeLeft officePresident appointed by1Spencer M. Clark18621868Abraham Lincoln2George B. McCartee18691876Ulysses S. Grant3Henry C. Jewell18761877Ulysses S. Grant4Edward McPherson18771878Rutherford B. Hayes5O. H. Irish18781883Rutherford B. Hayes6Truman N. Burrill18831885Chester A. Arthur7Edward O. Graves18851889Grover Cleveland8William Morton Meredith18891893Benjamin Harrison9Claude M. Johnson18931900Grover Cleveland10William Morton Meredith19001906William McKinley11Thomas J. Sullivan19061908Theodore Roosevelt12Joseph E. Ralph19081917Theodore Roosevelt13James L. Wilmeth19171922Woodrow Wilson14Louis A. Hill19221924Warren G. Harding15Wallace W. Kirby19241924Calvin Coolidge16Alvin W. Hall19241954Calvin Coolidge17Henry J. Holtzclaw19541967Dwight D. Eisenhower18James A. Conlon19671977Lyndon B. Johnson19Seymour Berry19771979Jimmy Carter20Harry R. Clements19791982Jimmy Carter21Robert J. Leuver19831988Ronald Reagan22Peter H. Daly19881995Ronald Reagan23Larry E. Rolufs19961998Bill ClintonActingThomas A. FergusonJanuary 1998December 7, 1998Bill Clinton24December 7, 1998200625Larry R. FelixJanuary 11, 2006January 31, 2015George W. BushActingLeonard R. OlijarFebruary 1, 2015May 2015Barack Obama26May 2015June 30, 2023ActingCharlene E. WilliamsJuly 1, 2023March 23, 202427Patricia SolimeneMarch 24, 2024April 27, 2026 Joe BidenActingMichael BrownApril 27, 2026Incumbent

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