The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith

Al Smith

Alfred Emanuel Smith. , known in private and public life as Al Smith, was an American statesman who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York three times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928...

, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department of Audit and Control headed by the New York State Comptroller

New York State Comptroller

The New York State Comptroller is a state cabinet officer of the U.S. state of New York. The duties of the comptroller include auditing government operations and operating the state's retirement system.-History:...

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History

In 1776, the New York Provincial Congress

New York Provincial Congress

The New York Provincial Congress was an organization formed by rebels in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-rebellion alternative to the more conservative Province of New York Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred.A Provincial Convention assembled in New York...

 appointed Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Peter Van Brugh Livingston was a Patriot during the American Revolution.-Life:...

 Treasurer to disburse the monies raised and issued in the revolutionary operations of the day.

After the establishment of the state government, the Treasurer was appointed by special act of the New York State Legislature for short periods.

Under the New York State Constitution of 1821, the Treasurer was elected by joint ballot of the State Legislature.

Under the Constitution of 1846, the office became elective by general election, and the Treasurer was elected with the other state cabinet officers in odd years to a two-year term, serving in the second year of the governor in office and the first year of the succeeding governor. The Treasurer was elected in 1895 to a three-year term, and subsequently was elected in even years and served a two-year term concurrently with the governor until the end of 1926.

New York State Treasurers

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Peter Van Brugh Livingston Peter Van Brugh Livingston Peter Van Brugh Livingston was a Patriot during the American Revolution.-Life:...	1776	1778		appointed by Provincial Congress
Gerard Bancker Gerard Bancker Gerard Bancker was an American surveyor and politician.-Life:...	April 1, 1778	1798
Robert McClellan Robert McClellan (NY treasurer) Robert McClellan was an American merchant and politician.-Life:...	March 16, 1798	January 31, 1803	Federalist	resigned after defalcation
Abraham G. Lansing Abraham G. Lansing Abraham Gerritse Lansing was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Gerrit Jacobse Lansing and Jane Waters Lansing . On April 9, 1779, he married Susanna Yates in Albany, and they had thirteen children, among them Gerrit Y...	February 8, 1803	February 5, 1808	Dem.-Rep./Lewisite
David Thomas David Thomas (New York) See David Thomas for similarly named peopleDavid Thomas was an American politician.-Life:...	February 5, 1808	February 8, 1810	Dem.-Rep./Clintonian
Abraham G. Lansing Abraham G. Lansing Abraham Gerritse Lansing was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Gerrit Jacobse Lansing and Jane Waters Lansing . On April 9, 1779, he married Susanna Yates in Albany, and they had thirteen children, among them Gerrit Y...	February 8, 1810	February 18, 1812	Federalist
David Thomas David Thomas (New York) See David Thomas for similarly named peopleDavid Thomas was an American politician.-Life:...	February 18, 1812	February 10, 1813	Dem.-Rep.
Charles Z. Platt Charles Z. Platt Charles Zephaniah Platt was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Zephaniah Platt and Mary Van Wyck Platt ....	February 10, 1813	February 12, 1817	Federalist
Gerrit L. Dox Gerrit L. Dox Gerrit L. Dox was an American politician.-Life:He was appointed Postmaster of Albany, New York in January 1816 in the place of his brother Peter P. Dox who had held the post from 1814 until his death in office on November 21, 1815...	February 12, 1817	January 29, 1821	Dem.-Rep.
Benjamin Knower Benjamin Knower Benjamin Knower was an American merchant, banker and politician.-Life:...	January 29, 1821	November 3, 1824	Dem.-Rep./Bucktail	resigned
Abraham Keyser, Jr. Abraham Keyser, Jr. Abraham Keyser was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Abraham Keyser and Maria Margaretha Schaffer Abraham Keyser (April 20, 1784 Schoharie, then Albany County, New York - 1873 Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Abraham Keyser (b. ca....	November 3, 1824	February 16, 1825	Dem.-Rep./Bucktail
Gamaliel H. Barstow Gamaliel H. Barstow Gamaliel Henry Barstow was an American physician, lawyer and politician.-Life:...	February 16, 1825	February 14, 1826	Dem.-Rep./Clintonian
Abraham Keyser, Jr. Abraham Keyser, Jr. Abraham Keyser was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Abraham Keyser and Maria Margaretha Schaffer Abraham Keyser (April 20, 1784 Schoharie, then Albany County, New York - 1873 Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Abraham Keyser (b. ca....	February 14, 1826	February 5, 1838	D-R/Buckt.-Jacksonian-Dem.
Gamaliel H. Barstow Gamaliel H. Barstow Gamaliel Henry Barstow was an American physician, lawyer and politician.-Life:...	February 5, 1838	February 4, 1839	Whig	resigned
Jacob Haight Jacob Haight Jacob Haight was an American politician.-Life:He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1824 to 1827. In 1828, he was among the incorporators of the Catskill and Ithaca Railroad which was never built...	February 4, 1839	February 7, 1842	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
Thomas Farrington Thomas Farrington -Life:He lived at Owego.He was a Democratic member from Tioga County of the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1840. He was Surrogate of Tioga County from 1835 to 1840. He was New York State Treasurer from 1842 to 1845, and from 1846 to 1847...	February 7, 1842	February 3, 1845	Dem./Barnburner
Benjamin Enos Benjamin Enos Benjamin Enos was an American politician.-Life:...	February 3, 1845	February 2, 1846	Dem./Hunker
Thomas Farrington Thomas Farrington -Life:He lived at Owego.He was a Democratic member from Tioga County of the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1840. He was Surrogate of Tioga County from 1835 to 1840. He was New York State Treasurer from 1842 to 1845, and from 1846 to 1847...	February 2, 1846	December 31, 1847	Dem./Barnburner	legislated out of office by the Constitution of 1846
Alvah Hunt Alvah Hunt Alvah Hunt was an American merchant and politician.-Life:He lived at Greene, Chenango County, New York, where he married Anna Birdsall ....	January 1, 1848	December 31, 1851	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	first Treasurer elected by general ballot, two terms
James M. Cook James M. Cook James Merrill Cook was an American businessman, banker and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1852	November 20, 1852	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	election contested by Democratic candidate
Benjamin Welch, Jr. Benjamin Welch, Jr. Benjamin Welch, Jr. was an American politician.-Life:He studied law with Judge Mann in Utica, New York...	November 20, 1852	December 31, 1853	Democratic	declared elected by the New York Supreme Court, and took office for the remainder of the term
Elbridge G. Spaulding Elbridge G. Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (February 24, 1809 - May 5, 1897 was an American lawyer, banker, and politician. He supported the idea for the first U.S...	January 1, 1854	December 31, 1855	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
Stephen Clark Stephen Clark (NY treasurer) Stephen Clark was an American politician.-Life:He lived at Albany, New York. On February 4, 1818, he married Pamelia Fay , and they had five children...	January 1, 1856	December 31, 1857	American Know Nothing The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...
Isaac V. Vanderpoel Isaac V. Vanderpoel Isaac V. Vanderpoel was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1858	December 31, 1859	Democratic
Philip Dorsheimer Philip Dorsheimer Philip Dorsheimer -Life:...	January 1, 1860	December 31, 1861	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
William B. Lewis William B. Lewis (NY treasurer) William B. Lewis was an American businessman and politician.-Life:He began to work as a brick hod carrier, then learned the builder's trade, and became a contractor....	January 1, 1862	December 31, 1863	Union National Union Party (United States) The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election, held during the Civil War. State Republican parties did not usually change their name....
George W. Schuyler George W. Schuyler George Washington Schuyler was an American businessman, author and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1864	December 31, 1865	Union National Union Party (United States) The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election, held during the Civil War. State Republican parties did not usually change their name....
Joseph Howland Joseph Howland Joseph Howland was an American Union Army general, politician and philanthropist.-Early life:...	January 1, 1866	December 31, 1867	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Wheeler H. Bristol Wheeler H. Bristol Wheeler H. Bristol was an American engineer, railroad executive and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1868	December 31, 1871	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	two terms
Thomas Raines Thomas Raines Thomas Raines was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of John Raines ....	January 1, 1872	June 1, 1874	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	became a Liberal Republican Liberal Republican Party (United States) The Liberal Republican Party of the United States was a political party that was organized in Cincinnati in May 1872, to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters. The party's candidate in that year's presidential election was Horace Greeley, longtime...  in 1872, and was re-elected on Democratic ticket, declared incapacitated after nervous breakdown
Abraham Lansing Abraham Lansing -Life:Born in Albany, Albany County, New York, Lansing was a grandson of state Treasurer Abraham G. Lansing, and son of Christopher Yates Lansing and Caroline Mary Thomas Lansing . Chancellor John Lansing, Jr. was his great-uncle, Gerrit Y. Lansing was his uncle. Lansing attended The Albany...	June 1, 1874	August 17, 1874	Democratic	temporarily appointed during illness of Raines
Thomas Raines Thomas Raines Thomas Raines was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of John Raines ....	August 19, 1874	December 31, 1875	Democratic	reinstated after recovering his mental health
Charles N. Ross Charles N. Ross For other people with a similar name, see Charles RossCharles N. Ross was an American banker and politician.-Life:He was the son of Elmore P. Ross For other people with a similar name, see Charles RossCharles N. Ross (b. ca. 1842) was an American banker and politician.-Life:He was the son of...	January 1, 1876	December 31, 1877	Democratic
James Mackin James Mackin James Mackin was an American merchant, banker and politician.-Life:He lived at Fishkill Landing where he was a merchant and real estate agent. He was appointed Postmaster of Fishkill during the presidency of Zachary Taylor and kept the post for about four years. In July 1858, he married Sarah E....	January 1, 1878	December 31, 1879	Democratic
Nathan D. Wendell Nathan D. Wendell Nathan D. Wendell was an American banker and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1880	December 31, 1881	Republican
Robert A. Maxwell Robert A. Maxwell Robert A. Maxwell was an American politician-Life:As a Democrat, he was New York State Treasurer from 1882 to 1885, elected in 1881 and 1883. On December 28, 1885, he was appointed State Superintendent of Insurance by Governor David B...	January 1, 1882	December 31, 1885	Democratic	two terms
Lawrence J. Fitzgerald Lawrence J. Fitzgerald Lawrence J. Fitzgerald was an American businessman and politician.-Life:He was born in Ireland and came to the United States as a boy with his parents. The family settled at Skaneateles, N.Y...	January 1, 1886	December 31, 1889	Democratic	two terms
Elliott Danforth Elliott Danforth Elliott Danforth was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1890	December 31, 1893	Democratic	two terms
Addison B. Colvin Addison B. Colvin Addison Beecher Colvin was an American businessman, banker and politician.-Life:He was the son of Hiram K. Colvin and Sara Ann Cowels Colvin...	January 1, 1894	December 31, 1898	Republican	two terms (1894-95, 1896-98)
John P. Jaeckel John P. Jaeckel -Biography:Jaeckel was born on April 22, 1865 to German parents in Syracuse, New York. The family then moved to Auburn, New York. He worked as a money order clerk at the Auburn post office, and later as a clerk and bookkeeper for a coal dealer....	January 1, 1899	December 31, 1902	Republican	two terms
John G. Wickser John G. Wickser John G. Wickser was an American businessman and politician.-Life:He was a nephew of Philip Becker, Mayor of Buffalo. He was President of the Buffalo German Insurance Company and the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company.As a Republican, he was New York State Treasurer from 1903 to 1904, elected in...	January 1, 1903	December 31, 1904	Republican
John G. Wallenmeier, Jr. John G. Wallenmeier, Jr. John G. Wallenmeier was an American politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1905	December 31, 1906	Republican
Julius Hauser Julius Hauser Julius Hauser was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1907	December 31, 1908	Dem./Ind. League
Thomas B. Dunn Thomas B. Dunn Thomas Byrne Dunn was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1909	December 31, 1910	Republican
John J. Kennedy John J. Kennedy John J. Kennedy was an American businessman and politician.- Life :...	January 1, 1911	February 15, 1914	Democratic	committed suicide during his second term
George W. Batten George W. Batten George Washington Batten was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...	February 15, 1914	February 25, 1914	Democratic	as Deputy Treasurer acted until the election of a successor
Homer D. Call Homer D. Call Homer D. Call was an American labor leader and politician.-Life:On October 1, 1861, he enrolled at Cortland, New York, and was mustered in as corporal of the 76th NY Volunteers to fight in the American Civil War. On December 13, 1862, he was wounded in the Battle of Fredericksburg...	February 25, 1914	December 31, 1914	Progressive Progressive Party (United States, 1912) The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed after a split in the Republican Party between President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.... /Dem.	elected by State Legislature to fill unexpired term
James L. Wells James L. Wells James Lee Wells was an American businessman and politician. He became known as Father of The Bronx which title was officially conferred on him by the Bronx Board of Trade in May 1921.-Life:He was born, and lived, in West Farms which was then a town in Westchester County...	January 1, 1915	December 31, 1920	Republican	three terms
N. Monroe Marshall N. Monroe Marshall Nathaniel Monroe Marshall was an American banker and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1921	December 31, 1922	Republican
George K. Shuler George K. Shuler George Kent Shuler was an American war hero and politician.-Life:He lived at Lyons, in Wayne County, New York. He married Blanche Stewart and they had two daughters....	January 1, 1923	December 31, 1924	Democratic
Lewis H. Pounds Lewis H. Pounds Lewis Humphrey Pounds was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...	January 1, 1925	December 31, 1926	Republican	last Treasurer, department merged into Comptroller's office