State Treasurer of Missouri

The State Treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. The current State Treasurer is Clint Zweifel. Treasurers are limited to two terms in office. Along with the Governor, these are the only statewide elected offices in Missouri that are subject to term limits.

Duties of the State Treasurer

The State Treasurer is responsible for managing more than $24 billion in annual revenues and more than $3.6 billion in state investments. Additionally, the State Treasurer works to return nearly $700 million in unclaimed property to more than 4.3 million account owners. The State Treasurer also helps oversee MOST - Missouri's 529 College Savings Plan, which helps families start building a college fund.

As banking director for the state government, the State Treasurer is responsible for authorizing disbursement of state funds, balancing the state accounts, contracting with private banks to process state receipts and disbursements, manage money and security transfers, and reporting on the state's financial activities. The State Treasurer partners with Missouri banks to make low-interest loans to small businesses and farms through the Missouri Linked Deposit Program.

The State Treasurer represents taxpayers by serving on the governing boards of the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, the state Board of Fund Commissioners, and the Missouri Cultural Trust Board.

List of State Treasurers

#	Name	Party	Term of Service
1	John Peter Didier	Independent	1820–1821
2	Nathaniel Simonds	Democratic-Republican	1821–1829
3	James Earickson	Democrat	1829–1833
4	John Walker	Democrat	1833–1838
5	Abraham McClellan	Democrat	1838–1843
6	Peter Garland Glover	Democrat	1843–1851
7	Alfred William Morrison	Democrat	1851–1861
8	George Caleb Bingham	Democrat	1862–1865
9	William Bishop	Republican	1865–1869
10	William Q. Dallmeyer	Republican	1869–1871
11	Samuel Hays	Republican	1871–1873
12	Harvey Wallis Salmon	Democrat	1873–1875
13	Joseph Wayne Mercer	Democrat	1875–1877
14	Elijah Gates	Democrat	1877–1881
15	Phillip Edward Chappell	Democrat	1881–1885
16	James M. Seibert	Democrat	1885–1889
17	Edward T. Noland	Democrat	1889–1890
18	Lon Vest Stephens	Democrat	1890–1897
19	Frank L. Pitts	Democrat	1897–1901
20	Robert P. Williams	Democrat	1901–1905
21	Jacob F. Gmelich	Republican	1905–1909
22	James Cowgill	Democrat	1909–1913
23	Edwin P. Deal	Democrat	1913–1917
24	George H. Middelkamp	Democrat	1917–1921
25	Lorenzo Dow Thompson	Republican	1921–1925
26	C. Eugene Stephens	Republican	1925–1929
27	Larry Brunk	Republican	1929–1933
28	Richard R. Nacy	Democrat	1933–1937
29	Robert W. Winn	Democrat	1937–1941
30	Wilson Bell	Democrat	1941–1945
31	Robert W. Winn	Democrat	1945–1948
32	Richard R. Nacy	Democrat	1948–1949
33	Mount Etna Morris	Democrat	1949–1953
34	George Hubert Bates	Democrat	1953–1957
35	Mount Etna Morris	Democrat	1957–1961
36	Milton Carpenter	Democrat	1961–1965
37	Mount Etna Morris	Democrat	1965–1969
38	William Edmond Robinson	Democrat	1969–1973
39	Jim Spainhower	Democrat	1973–1981
40	Mel Carnahan	Democrat	1981–1985
41	Wendell Bailey	Republican	1985–1993
42	Bob Holden	Democrat	1993–2001
43	Nancy Farmer	Democrat	2001–2005
44	Sarah Steelman	Republican	2005–2009
45	Clint Zweifel	Democrat	2009–

External links

• Missouri State Treasurer's Website