Illinois Treasurer

The Treasurer of Illinois is an elected official of the U.S. state of Illinois. The office was created by the Constitution of Illinois. The current Treasurer is Mike Frerichs.

Treasurer of Illinois
Seal of Illinois
Incumbent Mike Frerichs since January 12, 2015
Term length	Four years, no term limits
Inaugural holder	John Thomas
Formation	October 2, 1818 (1818-10-02)
Salary	$135,669 (2016)
Website	illinoistreasurer.gov

Duties

Treasurer of the state of Illinois holds responsibility for the safekeeping and investment of the monies and securities deposited in the public funds of Illinois. The Treasurer is not the state's chief financial officer, that is the Illinois Comptrollers job.

List of office holders

#	Name	Political Party	Term
1	John Thomas		1818–1819
2	R. K. McLaughlin		1819–1823
3	Abner Field		1823–1827
4	James Hall		1827–1831
5	John Dement	Democratic	1831–1836
6	Charles Gregory		1836–1837
7	John D. Whiteside		1837–1841
8	Milton Carpenter		1841–1848
9	John Moore	Democratic	1848–1857
10	James Miller		1857–1859
11	William Butler		1859–1863
12	Alexander Starne	Democratic	1863–1865
13	James H. Beveridge		1865–1867
14	George W. Smith		1867–1869
15	Erastus N. Bates	Republican	1869–1873
16	Edward Rutz		1873–1875
17	Thomas S. Ridgway	Republican	1875–1877
18	Edward Rutz		1877–1879
19	John C. Smith	Republican	1879–1881
20	Edward Rutz		1881–1883
21	John C. Smith	Republican	1883–1885
22	Jacob Gross		1885–1887
23	John Riley Tanner	Republican	1887–1889
24	Charles Becker	Republican	1889–1891
25	Edward S. Wilson		1891–1893
26	Rufus N. Ramsay		1893–1894
27	Elijah P. Ramsay		1894–1895
28	Henry Wulff		1895–1897
29	Henry L. Hertz	Republican	1897–1899
30	Floyd K. Whittlemore	Republican	1899–1901
31	Moses O. Williamson	Republican	1901–1903
32	Fred A. Busse	Republican	1903–1905
33	Len Small	Republican	1905–1907
34	John F. Smulski	Republican	1907–1909
35	Andrew Russel	Republican	1909–1911
36	Edward E. Mitchell		1911–1913
37	William Ryan, Jr.		1913–1915
38	Andrew Russel	Republican	1915–1917
39	Len Small	Republican	1917–1919
40	Fred E. Sterling	Republican	1919–1921
41	Edward E. Miller	Republican	1921–1923
42	Oscar Nelson	Republican	1923–1925
43	Omer N. Custer	Republican	1925–1927
44	Garrett D. Kinney	Republican	1927–1929
45	Omer N. Custer	Republican	1929–1931
46	Edward J. Barrett	Democratic	1931–1933
47	John C. Martin	Democratic	1933–1935
48	John Henry Stelle	Democratic	1935–1937
49	John C. Martin	Democratic	1937–1939
50	Louie E. Lewis	Democratic	1939–1941
51	Warren Wright	Republican	1941–1943
52	William G. Stratton	Republican	1943–1945
53	Conrad F. Becker	Republican	1945–1947
54	Richard Yates Rowe	Republican	1947–1949
55	Ora Smith	Democratic	1949–1951
56	William G. Stratton	Republican	1951–1953
57	Elmer J. Hoffman	Republican	1953–1955
58	Warren Wright	Republican	1955–1957
59	Elmer J. Hoffman	Republican	1957–1959
60	Joseph D. Lohman	Democratic	1959–1961
61	Francis S. Lorenz	Democratic	1961–1963
62	William J. Scott	Republican	1963–1967
63	Adlai Stevenson III	Democratic	1967–1970
64	Charles W. Woodford		1970–1971
65	Alan J. Dixon	Democratic	1971–1977
66	Donald R. Smith	Republican	1977–1979
67	Jerome Cosentino	Democratic	1979–1983
68	James Donnewald	Democratic	1983–1987
69	Jerome Cosentino	Democratic	1987–1991
70	Pat Quinn	Democratic	1991–1995
71	Judy Baar Topinka	Republican	1995–2007
72	Alexi Giannoulias	Democratic	2007–2011
73	Dan Rutherford	Republican	2011–2015
74	Mike Frerichs	Democratic	2015–present

Other websites

• Illinois State Treasurer's Office