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By law, the treasurer is the depositary officer of the United States with regard to deposits of gold, special drawing rights, [1] and financial gifts to the Library of Congress. [2] The treasurer also directly oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the United States Mint, which respectively print and mint U.S. currency and coinage.
Michael Hillegas was first called Treasurer of the United States on May 14, 1777. The Treasury Office was reorganized three times between 1778 and 1781. The $241.5 million in paper Continental bills devalued rapidly. By May 1781, the dollar collapsed at a rate of from 500 to 1000 to 1 against hard currency.
See Treasurer of the United States for a description of the office and a chronological list of those holding the post. Pages in category "Treasurers of the United States" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
John Campbell (c. 1789 – c. 1866) was the fifth Treasurer of the United States, serving under both Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. [1] He was in office from May 26, 1829 to July 20, 1839. Campbell has the distinction of being the first Treasurer to be born a citizen of the United States.
Romana Acosta, daughter of poor Mexican immigrants, was born in the mining town of Miami, Arizona, on March 20, 1925, to Juan Francisco Acosta and Teresa Lugo. [3] In 1933, during the Great Depression, the U.S. government deported her family, and thousands of other Mexican Americans, even though many of the deportees, like Acosta, had been born in the United States (and were legally U.S ...
Francine Irving Neff (December 6, 1925 – February 9, 2010) [1] [2] [3] was the 35th Treasurer of the United States, serving from June 21, 1974, to January 19, 1977.She was appointed by Richard Nixon but continued serving as Treasurer through Gerald Ford's term in office after Nixon resigned in August 1974.
The treasury of a country is the department responsible for the country's economy, finance and revenue. The treasurer is generally the head of the treasury, although, in some countries (such as the United Kingdom or the United States) the treasury reports to a Secretary of the Treasury or Chancellor of the Exchequer. [citation needed]
William Alexander Julian (August 6, 1870 – May 29, 1949) served as the 28th Treasurer of the United States from June 1, 1933 to May 29, 1949 under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. He remains the last man to have served as Treasurer of the United States.