Kansas State Treasurer
State Treasurer of the State of Kansas | |
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Term length | Four years, renewable once |
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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.
Ron Estes was sworn in January 10, 2011, as the 39th Treasurer of the state of Kansas.
As State Treasurer Estes 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. As State Treasurer, Estes also serves as a member of the Kansas Public Employee's Retirement System (KPERS) and the Pooled Money Investment Board.
Divisions
- Administration
- Bond Services
- Cash Management
- Kansas Learning Quest
- Unclaimed Property
Office holders
Kansas Territory Treasurers
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Kansas |
Constitution |
Political Parties |
Divisions |
Federal Relations
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Name | Term | Party |
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Thomas J. B. Cramer | 1855–1859 | Democratic |
Robert Byington Mitchell | 1859–1861 | Democratic |
State Treasurers
! Name | Term | Party | Notes |
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William Tholen | 1859 | Republican | Tholen was elected, but did not serve.[1] |
Hartwin Rush Dutton | 1861–1863 | Republican | |
William Spriggs | 1863–1867 | Republican | |
Martin Anderson | 1867–1869 | Republican | |
George Graham | 1869–1871 | Republican | |
Josiah E Hayes | 1871–1874 | Republican | |
Samuel Lappin | 1874–1875 | Republican | |
John Francis | 1875–1883 | Republican | |
Samuel T. Howe | 1883–1887 | Republican | |
James William Hamilton | 1887–1890 | Republican | |
William Sims | 1890 | Republican | |
Solomon G. Stover | 1891–1893 | Republican | |
William H. Biddle | 1893–1895 | Populist | |
Otis L. Atherton | 1895–1897 | Republican | |
David Heflebower | 1897–1899 | Populist | |
Frank Grimes | 1899–1903 | Republican | |
Thomas Kelly | 1903–1907 | Republican | |
Mark Tulley | 1907–1913 | Republican | |
Earl Akers | 1913–1917 | Republican | |
Walter Payne | 1917–1921 | Republican | |
E.T. Thompson | 1921–1925 | Republican | |
Carl White | 1925–1929 | Republican | |
Tom Boyd | 1929–1933 | Republican | |
William Marion Jardine | 1933–1934 | Republican | |
J. J. Rhodes | 1934–1938 | Republican | |
Jibo Hewitt | 1938–1939 | Democratic | |
Walter Wilson | 1939–1945 | Republican | |
Elmer T. Beck | 1945–1947 | Republican | |
Richard Fadely | 1947–1959 | Republican | |
George Hart | 1959–1961 | Democratic | |
Walter Peery | 1961–1973 | Republican | |
Tom Van Sickle | 1973–1975 | Republican | |
Joan Finney | 1975–1991 | Democratic | |
Sally Thompson | 1991–1998 | Democratic | |
Clyde Graeber | 1998–1999 | Republican | |
Tim Shallenburger | 1999–2003 | Republican | |
Lynn Jenkins | 2003–2008 | Republican | |
Dennis McKinney | 2009–2011 | Democratic | |
Ron Estes | 2011–present | Republican |
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References
- ↑ "History of the". Kansas State Treasurer. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ↑ "Kansas State Treasurers". kshs.org. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 20 October 2015.