The Alabama state treasurer acts as the head banker for the State of Alabama, handling deposits, withdrawals, redemptions of state warrants and investments of state funds. The position was created in 1819 when Alabama became a state. Its constitution established the Office of the Treasurer of State, a position to be elected by the legislature. Individuals serving as state treasurer were elected annually by the General Assembly from 1819 to 1861. Beginning in 1861, the treasurer was elected biennially from until 1868 and was elected by popular vote for a term of two years in 1868. Arthur Bingham's election in 1868 marked the first time a Republican would hold the office. Kay Ivey in 2002 became the second Republican to hold the office. The treasurer began to be elected to a four-year term as a result of the 1901 Constitution but could not serve successive terms until a 1968 amendment. In 1950, Sibyl Pool (D) would become the first of seven different women to be elected state treasurer.
The 40th and most recent Alabama state treasurer is Republican John McMillan, who took office on January 14, 2019. However, McMillan announced on September 17, 2021, that he would resign effective September 30, 2021, to take a position as executive director with the Alabama Medical Marijuana Commission. Governor Ivey immediately announced that she would appoint McMillan's predecessor, Young Boozer, to fill the remainder of the term beginning on October 1, 2021. Boozer stood for, and won, re-election in 2022.
List of treasurers
# Name Term 1 Jack Ross 1819–1822 2 John Perry 1822–1829 3 Hardin Perkins 1829–1834 4 William Hawn 1834–1840 5 Samuel Frierson 1840–1846 6 William Graham 1846–1860 7 Duncan Graham 1860–1865 8 Lyd Saxon 1865–1868 9 Arthur Bingham 1868–1870 10 James Grant 1870–1872 11 Arthur Bingham 1872–1874 12 Daniel Crawford 1874–1878 13 Isaac Vincent 1878–1883 14 Frederick Smith 1883–1888 15 John Cobbs 1888–1892 16 J. Craig Smith 1892–1896 17 George Ellis 1896–1900 18 J. Craig Smith 1900–1907 19 Walter D. Seed Sr. 1907–1911 20 John Purifoy 1911–1915 21 William Lancaster 1915–1919 22 Robert Bradley 1919–1923 23 George Ellis 1923–1927 24 William Allgood 1927–1931 25 Sidney Blann 1931–1935 26 Charles McCall 1939–1941 27 Walter Lusk 1941–1947 28 John Brandon 1947–1951 29 Sibyl Pool 1951–1955 30 John Brandon 1955–1959 31 Agnes Baggett 1959–1963 32 Mary Texas Hurt Garner 1963–1967 33 Agnes Baggett 1967–1975 34 Melba Till Allen 1975–1978 35 Annie Laurie Gunter 1978–1987 36 George Wallace Jr. 1987–1995 37 Lucy Baxley 1995–2003 38 Kay Ivey 2003–2011 39 Young Boozer 2011–2019 40 John McMillan 2019–2021 41 Young Boozer 2021–present
External links Official Alabama State Treasurer web site
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