State Treasurer of Missouri

The State Treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. The current State Treasurer is Clint Zweifel.

Duties of the State Treasurer

The State Treasurer is responsible for management of over $19 billion in annual revenues, over $3 billion in state investments, and over $220 million in unclaimed property, and the state's college tuition savings program. Furthermore, as banking director for the state government, the State Treasurer is responsible for authorizing disbursement of state funds, balancing of state accounts, contracting with private banks to process state receipts and disbursements, manage money and security transfers, and report on the state's financial activities. The State Treasurer is also responsible for serving on the governing boards of the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, and the state Board of Fund Commissioners.

List of State Treasurers

Name	Party	Years of Service
John Peter Didier	none	1820–1821
Nathaniel Simonds	Democratic-Republican	1821–1829
James Earickson	Democrat	1829–1833
John Walker	Democrat	1833–1838
Abraham McClellan	Democrat	1838–1843
Peter Garland Glover	Democrat	1843–1851
Alfred William Morrison	Democrat	1851–1861
George Caleb Bingham	Democrat	1862–1865
William Bishop	Republican	1865–1869
William Q. Dallmeyer	Republican	1869–1871
Samuel Hays	Republican	1871–1873
Harvey Wallis Salmon	Democrat	1873–1875
Joseph Wayne Mercer	Democrat	1875–1877
Elijah Gates	Democrat	1877–1881
Phillip Edward Chappell	Democrat	1881–1885
James M. Seibert	Democrat	1885–1889
Edward T. Noland	Democrat	1889–1890
Lon Vest Stephens	Democrat	1890–1897
Frank L. Pitts	Democrat	1897–1901
Robert P. Williams	Democrat	1901–1905
Jacob F. Gmelich	Republican	1905–1909
James Cowgill	Democrat	1909–1913
Edwin P. Deal	Democrat	1913–1917
George H. Middelkamp	Democrat	1917–1921
Lorenzo Dow Thompson	Republican	1921–1925
C. Eugene Stephens	Republican	1925–1929
Larry Brunk	Republican	1929–1933
Richard R. Nacy	Democrat	1933–1937 (1st term)
Robert W. Winn	Democrat	1937–1941 (1st term)
Wilson Bell	Democrat	1941–1945
Robert W. Winn	Democrat	1945–1948 (2nd term)
Richard R. Nacy	Democrat	1948–1949 (2nd term)
Mount Etna Morris	Democrat	1949–1953 (1st term)
George Hubert Bates	Democrat	1953–1957
Mount Etna Morris	Democrat	1957–1961 (2nd term)
Milton Carpenter	Democrat	1961–1965
Mount Etna Morris	Democrat	1965–1969 (3rd term)
William Edmond Robinson	Democrat	1969–1973
Jim Spainhower	Democrat	1973–1981
Mel Carnahan	Democrat	1981–1985
Wendell Bailey	Republican	1985–1993
Bob Holden	Democrat	1993–2001
Nancy Farmer	Democrat	2001–2005
Sarah Steelman	Republican	2005–2009
Clint Zweifel	Democrat	2009–Present

External links

• Missouri State Treasurer's Website