Kentucky State Treasurer
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The Kentucky State Treasurer is elected every 4 years. The treasurer, who can serve two terms, acts as the state's chief elected fiscal officer. The salary of the state treasurer is $110,000 a year. The current treasurer is Todd Hollenbach
, a Democrat
in his first term.
The treasurer's duties include:
Todd Hollenbach
Todd Hollenbach is the Kentucky State Treasurer. A Democrat, Hollenbach was elected to the position of Treasurer in 2007 and re-elected in 2011.-Education:...
, a Democrat
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in his first term.
The treasurer's duties include:
- Act as head of the treasury KRS 041.020
- Create and manage the state's depository KRS 041-070
- Make record of all monies due and payable to the state KRS 041-100
- Process warrants from the Finance and Administration Cabinet KRS 041-150
- Make payments on behalf of the state KRS 041-160
- Make an annual report KRS 041-340
List of Kentucky State Treasurers
| Name | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| John Logan John Logan (pioneer) John Logan was a pioneer and politician from the U.S. state of Virginia and later, Kentucky. He participated in Lord Dunmore's War in 1774, serving under his brother, Benjamin. After moving to Kentucky County, Virginia, he took part in several expeditions against the Shawnee, including some led by... |
1792 | 1807 |
| David Logan | 1807 | 1808 |
| John P. Thomas | 1808 | 1818 |
| Samuel South Samuel South Samuel South was born circa 1770 in Maryland. He was the second son of John South. The South family moved to Boonesborough when Samuel was still young. At the time, Boonesborough was in Fayette County in the District of Kentucky, a part of the state of Virginia... |
1818 | 1824 |
| James Davidson James Davidson (Kentucky) James Davidson was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky. He was the son of George Davidson, a captain in the Revolutionary War. He and his twin brother, Michael, married sisters; the sisters, Lucretia and Jane Ballenger, were granddaughters of Kentucky pioneer and eventual state treasurer John Logan... |
1824 | 1849 |
| Richard Curd Wintersmith | 1849 | 1857 |
| James H. Garrard James H. Garrard James H. Garrard was a Kentucky politician. Garrard, the grandson of Kentucky's second Governor, James Garrard, represented Clay, Letcher, and Perry Counties in the Kentucky Constitutional Convention. Garrard served as Kentucky State Treasurer from 1857 until his death in 1865. -Personal... |
1847 | 1865 |
| Mason Brown | 1865 | 1967 |
| James W. Tate | 1867 | 1888 |
| Stephen G. Sharpe | 1888 | 1890 |
| Henry S. Hale Henry S. Hale Henry S. Hale was a Philadelphia inventor and industrialist. He was co-owner of the Hale & Kilburn company of Philadelphia along with Cheney Kilburn. The Hale & Kilburn company's primary business was the production of railroad car seats for the expanding American railroad companies. The Hale &... |
1890 | 1895 |
| George W. Long | 1896 | 1900 |
| Walter R. Day | 1900 | 1900 |
| Samuel Wilber Hager | 1900 | 1904 |
| Henry M. Bosworth | 1904 | 1908 |
| Edwin Farley | 1908 | 1912 |
| Thomas S. Rhea | 1912 | 1916 |
| Sherman Goodpaster | 1916 | 1920 |
| James A. Wallace | 1920 | 1924 |
| Edward Blan Dishman | 1924 | 1928 |
| Emma Guy Cromwell Emma Guy Cromwell Emma Guy Cromwell was a suffragist, women's rights activist, and early female Democratic Party politician from Kentucky in the United States. Cromwell became the first woman to hold a statewide office in Kentucky when she was elected state librarian in 1896 by a vote of the Kentucky State Senate... |
1928 | 1932 |
| Elam Huddleston | 1932 | 1936 |
| John E. Buckingham | 1936 | 1940 |
| Ernest E. Shannon | 1940 | 1944 |
| Thomas W. Vinson | 1944 | 1948 |
| Edward F. Seiller | 1948 | 1949 |
| Pearl Frances Runyon | 1949 | 1956 |
| Henry H. Carter | 1956 | 1960 |
| Thelma Stovall Thelma Stovall Thelma Hawkins Stovall was a pioneering female Southern politician who won several statewide elective offices in Kentucky, capping her career as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under the administration of her fellow Democrat, Governor Julian Carroll.Stovall was born in Munfordville, Kentucky. She... |
1960 | 1964 |
| Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp Emerson Beauchamp Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor Lawrence Wetherby."Doc" Beauchamp was from Logan County, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. He served in the Kentucky Senate from 1944 through 1946. He was elected Lieutenant... |
1964 | 1968 |
| Thelma Stovall | 1968 | 1972 |
| Drexell R. Davis Drexell R. Davis Drexell R. Davis , a Democrat, held several elective offices in Kentucky. He was born Shelby County, Kentucky.... |
1972 | 1976 |
| Frances Jones Mills Frances Jones Mills Frances Jones Mills was a state official in Kentucky for a large portion of the 1970s and 1980s.Mills was born in Gray, Kentucky. Mills was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from Knox County, Kentucky in 1961 as a Democrat, serving one term from a heavily Republican district. She... |
1976 | 1980 |
| Drexell R. Davis | 1980 | 1984 |
| Frances Jones Mills | 1984 | 1988 |
| Robert Mead | 1988 | 1992 |
| Frances Jones Mills | 1992 | 1996 |
| John Kennedy Hamilton | 1996 | 2000 |
| Jonathan Miller | 2000 | 2008 |
| Todd Hollenbach Todd Hollenbach Todd Hollenbach is the Kentucky State Treasurer. A Democrat, Hollenbach was elected to the position of Treasurer in 2007 and re-elected in 2011.-Education:... |
2008 |