Vermont State Treasurer

The State Treasures Office is responsible for various administrative and service functions in accordance with the Vermont bylaws. These include: investing government funds; Issue of government bonds; serves as the central bank for government agencies; State cash management, check processing and bridging; Securing and returning unclaimed or orphaned funds; and managing three major public sector retirement plans.

The current incumbent is Beth Pearce, who was appointed to the post in January 2011 when Jeb Spaulding stepped down to become Secretary of Administration in the Cabinet of Governor Peter Shumlin . Pearce was Spaulding's deputy.

List of Vermont State Treasurers

#	State Treasurer	image	Term of office	Party affiliation
1	Ira Allen		1778-1786	independent
2	Samuel Mattocks		1786-1800	independent
3	Benjamin Swan		1800-1833	federalist
4th	Augustine Clarke		1833-1837	Anti-Masonic Party
5	Allen Wardner		1837-1838	Anti-Masonic Party
6th	Henry Fisk Janes		1838-1841	Anti-Masonic Party
7th	John Spaulding		1841-1846	Whig
8th	Elisha P. Jewett		1846-1847	republican
9	George Howes		1847-1853	Democrat later Republican
10	John A. Page		1853-1854	democrat
11	Henry M. Bates		1854-1860	republican
12	John B. Page		1860-1866	republican
13	John A. Page		1866-1882	democrat
14th	William H. Dubois		1882-1890	republican
15th	Henry F. Field		1890-1898	republican
16	John L. Bacon		1898-1906	republican
17th	Edward H. Deavitt		1906-1915	republican
18th	Walter F. Scott		1915-1923	republican
19th	Thomas H. Cave		1923-1943	republican
20th	Levi R. Kelley		1943-1949	republican
21st	George H. Amidon		1949-1965	republican
22nd	Peter J. Hincks		1965-1968	democrat
23	Madelyn Davidson		1968-1969	democrat
24	Frank H. Davis		1969-1975	republican
25th	Stella B. Hackel		1975-1977	democrat
26th	Emory A. Hebard		1977-1989	republican
27	Paul W. Ruse		1989-1995	democrat
28	James H. Douglas		1995-2003	republican
29	George B. Spaulding		2003-2011	democrat
30th	Beth Pearce		2011 – present	democrat

Web links

• List of State Treasurers on the Vermont website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About the Treasurer's Office page ( Memento of the original dated December 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vermont State Treasurer's Web site, accessed November 26, 2011 
2. ↑ Press release, Governor-Elect Shumlin Appoints Beth Pearce as Vermont's Next State Treasurer ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , posted by Shumlin for the governor's campaign, December 20, 2010 
3. ↑ News story, Deputy Vt. Treasurer to Take Top Job ( Memento from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), WCAX-TV, December 20, 2010
4. ^ Early History of Vermont , by LaFayette Wilbur, Issue 3, 1902, p. 380
5. ^ Vermont State Treasurers, Terms of Service ( April 15, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ), issued by the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, accessed November 26, 2011