Michigan State Treasurer

Department of Treasury

Department overview
Formed	July 23, 1965[1]
Headquarters	Lansing, Michigan
Annual budget	$490,289,100
Department executives	Nick A. Khouri, State Treasurer Tom Saxton, Chief Deputy Treasurer
Key document	Michigan Constitution
Website	www.michigan.gov/treasury

State Treasurer of the State of Michigan
Incumbent Nick A. Khouri since April 20, 2015
Michigan Department of Treasury
Appointer	Governor (Rick Snyder)
Term length	Governor's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Henry Howard
Formation	1837
Website	www.michigan.gov/treasury

The State Treasurer of Michigan functions as the chief financial officer for the U.S. state of Michigan. The State Treasurer oversees the collection, investment, and disbursement of all state monies, and also administers major tax laws, safeguards the credit of the state, and distributes revenue sharing monies to local units of government. It is an unelected office within the executive branch.^[2]

The current state treasurer is Nick A. Khouri, appointed by Governor Rick Snyder on April 20, 2015.^[3]

List of State Treasurers of Michigan

Treasurer	Term
Henry Howard[4]	1836–1839
Peter Desnoyers	1839–1840
Robert Stuart[5]	1840–1841
George W. Jermain	1841–1842
John J. Adam[6]	1842–1845
George R. Redfield	1845–1846
George B. Cooper	1846–1850
Bernard C. Whittemore[7]	1850–1854
Silas M. Holmes	1855–1858
John McKinney	1859–1860
John Owen	1861–1866
Ebenezer O. Grosvenor	1867–1870
Victory P. Collier	1871–1874
William B. McCreery	1875–1878
Benjamin D. Pritchard	1879–1882
Edward H. Butler	1883–1886
George L. Maltz	1887–1890
Frederick Braastad	1891–1892
Joseph F. Hambitzer[8]	1893–1894
James M. Wilkinson	1894–1896
George A. Steel	1897–1900
Daniel McCoy	1901–1904
Frank P. Glazier[9]	1905–1908
John T. Rich	1908
Albert E. Sleeper	1909–1912
John W. Haarer	1913–1916
Samuel Odell[10]	1917–1919
Frank E. Gorman	1919–1924
Frank D. McKay	1925–1930
Howard C. Lawrence	1931–1932
Theodore I. Fry	1933–1938
D. Hale Brake	1943–1954
Sanford A. Brown	1955–1965
Allison Green[11]	1965–1978
Loren E. Monroe[12]	1978–1982
Robert A. Bowman	1983–1991
Douglas B. Roberts[13]	1991–1998
Mark A. Murray[14]	1999–2001
Douglas B. Roberts[15]	2001–2002
Jay B. Rising[16]	2003–2006
Robert J. Kleine	2006–2011
Andy Dillon	2011–2013
R. Kevin Clinton	2013–2015
Nick Khouri	2015–present

Notes

Citations

1. MCL 16.175-16.191
2. 2011-2012 Michigan Manual: Chapter IV—The Executive Branch: Department of Treasury
3. freep.com: Snyder names Nick Khouri state treasurer
4. Resigned May 1, 1839; succeeded by Peter Desnoyer, appointed by Governor Stevens T. Mason to fill vacancy, until Robert Stuart appointed by Michigan Legislature January 23, 1840.
5. Resigned July 8, 1841; succeeded by George W. Jermain, appointed by Governor J. Wright Gordon, until John J. Adam appointed by Michigan Legislature January 13, 1842.
6. Resigned May 31, 1845; succeeded by George Redfield, appointed by Governor John S. Barry, until George B. Cooper appointed by Michigan Legislature.
7. First elected state treasurer.
8. Removed March 20, 1894; succeeded by James M. Wilkinson.
9. Resigned January 22, 1908; John T. Rich appointed January 23, 1908.
10. Resigned May 21, 1919; succeeded by Frank E. Gorman.
11. Nominated and confirmed September 14, 1965; resigned September 4, 1978, and succeeded by Loren E. Monroe.
12. Nominated August 18, 1978, for a term to begin September 5, 1978; formally confirmed October 31, 1979.
13. Resigned November 20, 1998; chief deputy state treasurer Madhu Anderson named acting state treasurer.
14. Appointed by Governor John Engler on December 22, 1998, effective January 10, 1999.
15. Appointed by Governor John Engler, effective May 1, 2001.
16. Appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm, effective January 6, 2003; confirmed by the senate January 21, 2003.

Bibliography

Source: Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan

External links

• Michigan Department of Treasury