North Carolina State Auditor
The North Carolina State Auditor is one of the constitutional offices of the state of North Carolina . He is responsible for monitoring and checking the financial accounts of all government authorities. The current incumbent is Beth Wood .
Although the state auditor post has existed in North Carolina since 1862, the state auditor post in North Carolina was not created until the 1868 constitution. The state auditor has been elected for four years by the electoral population of North Carolina since that time. Prior to 1862, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed state comptrollers and boards of auditors in various parts of the state.
List of North Carolina State Auditors
Auditors of Public Accounts
# | State Auditor | image | Term of office | Party affiliation |
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1 | Samuel F. Phillips |
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1862-1864 | appointed, not elected |
2 | Richard H. Battle | 1864-1865 | appointed, not elected |
State Auditors
# | State Auditor | Term of office | Party affiliation |
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3 | Henderson Adams | 1868-1873 | republican |
4th | John Reilly | 1873-1877 | republican |
5 | Samuel L. Love | 1877-1881 | democrat |
6th | William Paul Roberts | 1881-1889 | democrat |
7th | George W. Sandlin | 1889-1893 | |
8th | Robert M. Furman | 1893-1897 | democrat |
9 | Hal W. Ayer | 1897-1901 | populist |
10 | Benjamin F. Dixon | 1901-1910 | democrat |
11 | Benjamin F. Dixon junior | 1910-1911 | democrat |
12 | William Wood | 1911-1921 | democrat |
13 | Baxter Durham | 1921-1937 | democrat |
14th | George Ross Pou | 1937-1947 | democrat |
15th | Henry L. Bridges | 1947-1981 | democrat |
16 | Edward Renfrow | 1981-1993 | democrat |
17th | Ralph Campbell Junior | 1993-2005 | democrat |
18th | Les Merritt | 2005-2009 | Republican |
19th | Beth Wood | since 2009 | Democrat |