Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox official post The treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of treasurer and receiver-general (commonly called the "state treasurer") became an elective one in 1780.Template:Efn Sixty-one individuals have occupied the office of state treasurer over the ensuing centuries. The incumbent is Deb Goldberg, a Democrat who took office January 21, 2015.

Election

Term of office

The treasurer is elected by the people on Election Day in November to four-year terms, and takes office on the third Wednesday of the January following a general election. There is no limit to the number of terms a treasurer may hold.[1] Institutionally speaking, the treasurer is thus independent of both the governor and General Court for the purpose of performing their official duties. These constitutional protections notwithstanding, the treasurer may still be impeached for misconduct or maladministration by the House of Representatives and, if found guilty, removed from office by the Senate.[2]

Qualifications

Any person seeking election to the office of treasurer must meet the following requirements:

  1. Be at least eighteen years of age;
  2. Be a registered voter in Massachusetts;
  3. Be a Massachusetts resident for at least five years when elected; and
  4. Receive 5,000 signatures from registered voters on nomination papers.[3]

Vacancies

In the event of a vacancy in the office of treasurer, the General Court is charged, if in session, with electing from among the eligible citizens of the Commonwealth a successor to serve the balance of the prior treasurer's term in office.Template:Efn If, however, the vacancy occurs while the General Court is not in session, then responsibility for appointing a successor falls to the governor. The appointment is not valid without the advice and consent of the Governor's Council.[4]

Powers and duties

The state treasurer is in effect the chief financial officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[5] As such, the state treasurer manages the Commonwealth's cash flows and invests the working capital of state agencies and local governments.[6] The state treasurer is also responsible for issueing, registering, and servicing the Commonwealth's public debt along with administering escheats and unclaimed property that accrue to the Commonwealth.[7][8] These are core functions shared with other state treasurers.[9]

Other programs have been assigned to the state treasurer by law. For example, the state treasurer regulates the sale of alcoholic beverages within intrastate commerce, provides tax-advantaged ABLE and college savings programs to Bay Stater residents, and manages the state lottery.[10][11][12] Likewise, the state treasurer administers deferred compensation plans to public and nonprofit employees along with bonuses to veterans, servicemembers, and military families domiciled in Massachusetts.[13][14]

Aside from these functional responsibilities, the state treasurer is ex officio chair of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust, the Massachusetts School Building Authority, the Massachusetts State Retirement Board, and the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board.[15][16][17][18] These independent agencies are governed by multimember boards attached to the Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General for administrative purposes.

Organization

The Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General is organized into the following departments:

  1. the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission;
  2. the Department of Cash Management;
  3. the Department of Debt Management;
  4. the Department of Defined Compensation Plans;
  5. the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust;
  6. the Massachusetts School Building Authority;
  7. the Massachusetts State Lottery;
  8. the Office of Economic Empowerment;
  9. the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board;
  10. the State Retirement Board;
  11. the Unclaimed Property Division; and
  12. the Veterans' Bonus Division.[19]

List of treasurers and receivers-general (1780–present)

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Treasurer and
Receiver-General 		Party Years
Henry Gardner Sr. 1780–
1783
Thomas Ivers 1783–
1787
Alexander Hodgden 1787–
1792
Thomas Davis 1792–
1797
Peleg Coffin Jr. Federalist 1797–
1801
File:Jonathan Jackson (NYPL b12349186-420018) (cropped).jpg Jonathan Jackson Federalist 1802–
1806
File:Thomson Joseph Skinner (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg Thomson J. Skinner Democratic-
Republican 		1806–
1808
File:Josiah Dwight (1767–1821).png Josiah Dwight 1808–
1810
Thomas Harris 1810–
1811
Jonathan L. Austin Democratic-
Republican 		1811–
1812
John T. Apthorp 1812–
1817
Daniel Sargent 1817–
1822
File:Nahum Mitchell, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675931.jpg Nahum Mitchell Federalist 1822–
1827
Joseph Sewall 1827–
1832
Hezekiah Barnard 1832–
1837
David Wilder Jr. style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Whig 1837–
1842
Thomas Russell 1842–
1843
John Mills 1843–
1844
Thomas Russell 1844–
1845
Joseph Barrett 1845–
1849
Ebenezer Bradbury style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Whig 1849–
1851
Charles B. Hall 1851–
1853
Jacob H. Loud 1853–
1855
Thomas J. Marsh 1855–
1856
Moses Tenney Jr. Opposition 1856–
1861
File:Henry K. Oliver.png Henry Kemble Oliver style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1861–
1866
Jacob H. Loud style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1866–
1871
File:Charles Adams Jr. (page 705 crop).jpg Charles Adams, Jr. style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1871–
1876
File:Charles Endicott.png Charles Endicott style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1876–
1881
File:Daniel A. Gleason.png Daniel A. Gleason style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1881–
1886
File:Alanson Wilder Beard.png Alanson W. Beard style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1886–
1889
File:George Augustus Marden.png George A. Marden style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1889–
1894
Henry M. Phillips style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1894–
April 12, 1895
File:Edward P. Shaw.png Edward P. Shaw style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican April 25, 1895–
1900
File:Edward S. Bradford.png Edward S. Bradford style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1900–1905
File:Arthur Chapin.png Arthur Chapin style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1905–
April 1, 1909
File:Elmer A. Stevens Massachusetts Treasurer 1912.png Elmer A. Stevens style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican April 7, 1909–
1914
File:Frederick William Mansfield.png Frederick Mansfield style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1914–
1915
File:Charles L. Burrill.png Charles L. Burrill style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1915–
1920
File:Fred J. Burrell.png Fred J. Burrell style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1920–
September 3, 1920
Albert P. Langtry (Acting)
Henry A. Wyman (Acting)
John R. Macomber (Acting)[20] 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican September 4, 1920–
September 8, 1920
File:James Jackson (Massachusetts politician).png James Jackson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican September 8, 1920–
1924
File:William S. Youngman.png William S. Youngman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1924–
1928
File:John W. Haigis.png John W. Haigis style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1928–
1930
File:CharlesFHurley.jpg Charles F. Hurley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1931–
1937
Karl H. Oliver 1937
William E. Hurley style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1937–
1943
File:Francis X. Hurley.png Francis X. Hurley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1943–
1945
John E. Hurley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1945–
1947
File:Laurence Curtis.jpg Laurence Curtis style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican 1947–
1949
John E. Hurley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1949–
July 5, 1952
File:Foster Furcolo.jpg Foster Furcolo style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic July 5, 1952–
1955
John Francis Kennedy style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1955–
1961
File:1955 John T. Driscoll Massachusetts House of Representatives.png John T. Driscoll style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1961–
1964
File:Robert Q. Crane (9504749002).jpg Robert Q. Crane style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1964–
1991
File:Joe Malone file photo (cropped).jpg Joe Malone style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 1991–
January 7, 1999
File:Shannon O'Brien (3x4a).jpg Shannon O'Brien style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic January 7, 1999–
January 2, 2003
File:Timothy Cahill (3x4a).jpg Tim Cahill style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic January 2, 2003–
July 2009
Template:Party shading/Independent | Independent July 2009–
January 3, 2011
File:Steve Grossman crop (cropped).jpg Steve Grossman style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic January 17, 2011–
January 21, 2015
File:Deb Goldberg (cropped).jpg Deb Goldberg style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic January 21, 2015–
present

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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