Colonel William A. Phillips

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The State Treasurer of Kansas is the chief custodian of Kansas's cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets. The Treasurer provides for the safe and efficient operation of state government through effective banking, investment, and cash management.[1]

The treasurer oversees an office that currently handles over $20 billion and an annual operating budget of $3.5 million. Key programs in the office are Bonds Services, Cash Management, Unclaimed Property, the Ag Loan and Housing Loan Deposit Programs and the Kansas 529 Education Savings Program, which has more than 143,000 accounts with total assets of over $2.7 billion. The Treasurer's office is a fee-funded agency. The treasurer also serves as a member of the Kansas Public Employee's Retirement System (KPERS) and the Pooled Money Investment Board.[citation needed]

Divisions

  • Administration
  • Bond Services
  • Cash Management
  • Kansas Learning Quest
  • Unclaimed Property

Office holders

Territorial Treasurers

Name Term Party
Thomas Cramer 1855–1859 Democratic
Robert Mitchell 1859–1861

State Treasurers

Name Term Party
William Tholen
Elected, didn't serve[2]
1859 Republican
Hartwin Dutton 1861–1863
William Spriggs 1863–1867
Martin Anderson 1867–1869
George Graham 1869–1871
Josiah Hayes 1871–1874
Samuel Lappin 1874–1875
John Francis 1875–1883
Samuel Howe 1883–1887
James Hamilton 1887–1890
William Sims 1890
Solomon Stover 1891–1893
William Biddle 1893–1895 Populist
Otis Atherton 1895–1897 Republican
David Heflebower 1897–1899 Populist
Frank Grimes 1899–1903 Republican
Thomas Kelly 1903–1907
Mark Tulley 1907–1913
Earl Akers 1913–1917
Walter Payne 1917–1921
E.T. Thompson 1921–1925
Carl White 1925–1929
Tom Boyd 1929–1933
William Marion Jardine 1933–1934
J.J. Rhodes 1934–1938
Jibo Hewitt 1938–1939 Democratic
Walter Wilson 1939–1945 Republican
Elmer Beck 1945–1947
Richard Fadely 1947–1959
George Hart 1959–1961 Democratic
Walter Peery 1961–1973 Republican
Tom Van Sickle 1973–1975
Joan Finney 1975–1991 Democratic
Sally Thompson 1991–1998
Clyde Graeber 1998–1999 Republican
Tim Shallenburger 1999–2003
Lynn Jenkins 2003–2008
Dennis McKinney 2009–2011 Democratic
Ron Estes 2011–2017 Republican
Jake LaTurner 2017–2021
Lynn Rogers 2021–2023 Democratic
Steven C. Johnson 2023–present Republican

References

  1. ^ "Kansas State Treasurers". kshs.org. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "History of the Kansas State Treasurer". Kansas State Treasurer. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

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