North Carolina State Treasurer
The North Carolina State Treasurer is one of the constitutional offices of the state of North Carolina . His duties include overseeing financial operations.
The North Carolina State Treasurer is an ex officio member of the North Carolina State Board of Education , the State Board of Community Colleges, the State Banking Commission, and the Council of State .
Royal period (1715-1775)
List of Colonial Treasurers of the Colony of North Carolina
The post of treasurer has existed in North Carolina since 1715. At that time the treasurer was appointed by the lower house of the legislature.
| Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Edward Moseley | 1715-1735 |
| William Smith | 1735 |
In 1735 the Treasurer's Office was divided into two districts, the Northern District and the Southern District.
List of Treasurers from the Northern District of the North Carolina Colony
| Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|
| William Downing | 1735-1739 |
| William Smith | 1739-1740 |
| John Hodgson | 1740-1748 |
| Thomas Barker | 1748-1752 |
| John Haywood | 1752-1754 |
| Thomas Barker | 1754-1764 |
| Joseph Montfort | 1764-1775 |
| Samuel Johnston | 1775 |
List of Treasurers from the Southern District of the North Carolina Colony
| Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Edward Moseley | 1735-1749 |
| Eleazer Allen | 1749-1750 |
| John Starkey | 1750-1765 |
| Samuel Swann | 1765-1766 |
| John Baptista Ashe | 1766-1773 |
| Richard Caswell | 1773-1775 |
State of North Carolina (1777 to date)
List of District Treasurers of the State of North Carolina
From 1777 to 1779 the state of North Carolina was divided into two districts, the Northern District and the Southern District, each with a treasurer.
| Surname | Term of office | District |
|---|---|---|
| John Baptista Ashe | 1777-1779 | Southern District |
| William Skinner | 1777-1779 | Northern District |
From 1779 to 1782 the state of North Carolina was divided into six districts, each with a treasurer: Edenton District, Halifax District, Hillsboro District, New Bern District, Salisbury District and Wilmington District. In 1782, the Morgan District was created as the seventh district. The district system was abandoned in 1784.
| Surname | Term of office | District |
|---|---|---|
| William Skinner | 1779-1784 | Edenton District |
| Green Hill | 1779-1784 | Halifax District |
| Matthew Jones | 1779-1782 | Hillsboro District |
| Memucan Hunt | 1782-1784 | |
| Richard Cogdell | 1779-1782 | New Bern District |
| Benjamin Exum | 1782-1784 | |
| William Cathey | 1779-1781 | Salisbury District |
| Robert Lanier | 1782-1784 | |
| John Baptista Ashe | 1779-1781 | Wilmington District |
| Timothy Bloodworth | 1781-1784 | |
| John Brown | 1782-1784 | Morgan District |
List of State Treasurers of the State of North Carolina
In 1784 the North Carolina General Assembly decreed that there should be only one future treasurer in North Carolina, appointed by both houses of the legislature. As a result of the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the State Treasurer of North Carolina is elected to office by the electorate and is no longer appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly.
| # | Surname | Term of office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memucan Hunt | 1784-1787 | |
| 2 | John Haywood | 1787-1827 | |
| 3 | William S. Robards | 1827-1830 | |
| 4th | William S. Mhoon | 1831-1835 | |
| 5 | Samuel F. Patterson | 1835-1837 | |
| 6th | Daniel W. Courts | 1837-1839 | |
| 7th | Charles L. Hinton | 1839-1843 | |
| 8th | John H. Wheeler | 1843-1845 | |
| 9 | Charles L. Hinton | 1845-1851 | |
| 10 | Daniel W. Courts | 1851-1863 | |
| 11 | Jonathan Worth | 1863-1865 | |
| 12 | William Sloan | 1865-1866 | |
| 13 | Kemp P. Battle | 1866-1868 | |
| 14th | David A. Jenkins | 1868-1876 | republican |
| 15th | John M. Worth | 1876-1885 | democrat |
| 16 | Donald W. Bain | 1885-1892 | democrat |
| 17th | Samuel McDowell Tate | 1892-1895 | democrat |
| 18th | William H. Worth | 1895-1901 | populist |
| 19th | Benjamin R. Lacy | 1901-1929 | democrat |
| 20th | Nathan O'Berry | 1929-1932 | democrat |
| 21st | John P. Stedman | 1932 | |
| 22nd | Charles M. Johnson | 1933-1949 | democrat |
| 23 | Brandon P. Hodges | 1949-1953 | democrat |
| 24 | Edwin M. Gill | 1953-1977 | democrat |
| 25th | Harlan E. Boyles | 1977-2001 | democrat |
| 26th | Richard H. Moore | 2001-2009 | democrat |
| 27 | Janet Cowell | 2009-2017 | Democrat |
| 28 | Dale Folwell | since 2017 | republican |
