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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.
In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Rios to be Treasurer of the United States and was confirmed by the Senate unanimously in July 2009. Rios was sworn in on August 20, 2009. [ 16 ] Her signature was initially taken on her first day of the job (August 6), [ 17 ] and first appeared on US paper currency the day after Thanksgiving 2009.
The 2026 United States state treasurer elections will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the state treasurer and equivalents in twenty-seven states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2022. The treasurer of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2024.
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.
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United States Department of the Treasury images (2 F) Individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions by country (8 C) Iranian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions (10 C, 75 P)
Before her swearing-in, the office of treasurer had been vacant for more than two and a half years, the longest vacancy in the history of the United States Treasury. [12] [13] Malerba and Janet Yellen signing currency during Malerba's time as Treasurer of the United States also marked the first time two women signed U.S. currency. [14]