Colorado State Treasurer
Treasurer of the State of Colorado | |
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Colorado Department of the Treasury | |
Term length | Four years |
Website | www |
The Treasurer of the State of Colorado is one of the five elected officials of the U.S. state of Colorado. (The other four elected Colorado state officials are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and the Attorney General.) The State Treasurer is responsible for managing the Colorado State Treasury and the Colorado Department of the Treasury, a principal department of the Colorado state government. The Colorado State Treasury currently manages a pool of investments worth about $6,000,000,000.
The current Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton was elected on November 2, 2010 for a four-year term beginning on January 11, 2011 and reelected for a second term on November 4, 2014.
List of Colorado Treasurers
Treasurer of the Territory of Colorado | Political party | Order | Term of Service |
George T. Clark | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 1st | 1861–1864 |
Alexander W. Atkins | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 2nd | 1864–1866 |
Alexander Cameron Hunt | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 3rd | 1866 |
John Wanless | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 4th | 1866–1867 |
Columbus Nuckolls | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 5th | 1867–1870 |
George T. Clark | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 6th | 1870–1874 |
David H. Moffat | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 7th | 1874–1876 |
Frederick Z. Solomon | Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory | 8th | 1876 |
Treasurer of the State of Colorado | Political party | Order | Term of Service |
George C. Corning | 1st | 1876–1879 | |
Nathan C. Culver | 2nd | 1879–1880 | |
W. C. Sanders | 3rd | 1881–1882 | |
Fred Walsen | 4th | 1883–1884 | |
George R. Swallow | 5th | 1885–1886 | |
Peter W. Breene | 6th | 1887–1888 | |
William Brisbane | 7th | 1889–1890 | |
James N. Carlile | 8th | 1891–1892 | |
Albert Nance | 9th | 1893–1894 | |
Harry E. Mulnix | 10th | 1895–1896 | |
George W. Kephart | 11th | 1897–1898 | |
John H. Fesler | 12th | 1899–1900 | |
James N. Chipley | 13th | 1901–1902 | |
Whitney Newton | 14th | 1903–1904 | |
John A. Holmbert | 15th | 1905–1906 | |
Alfred E. Bent | 16th | 1907–1908 | |
W. J. Galligan | 17th | 1909–1910 | |
Roady Kenehan | 18th | 1911–1912 | |
M. A. Leddy | 19th | 1913–1914 | |
Allison Stocker | 20th | 1915–1916 | |
Robert H. Higgins | 21st | 1917–1918 | |
Harry E. Mulnix | 22nd | 1919–1920 | |
Arthur Strong | 23rd | 1921–1922 | |
Harry E. Mulnix | 24th | 1923–1924 | |
W. D. MacGinnis | 25th | 1925–1926 | |
Harry E. Mulnix | 26th | 1927 | |
Herbert Fairall | 27th | 1928 | |
W. D. MacGinnis | 28th | 1929–1930 | |
John M. Jackson | 29th | 1931–1932 | |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 30th | 1933–1934 |
Charles Armstrong | Republican | 31st | 1935–1936 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 32nd | 1937–1938 |
Charles Armstrong | Republican | 33rd | 1939–1940 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 34th | 1941–1942 |
Leon Lavington | Republican | 35th | 1943–1944 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 36th | 1945–1946 |
Rodney Anderson | Republican | 37th | 1947–1948 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 38th | 1949–1950 |
Earl E. Ewing | Republican | 39th | 1951–1952 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 40th | 1953–1954 |
Earl E. Ewing | Republican | 41st | 1955–1956 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 42nd | 1957–1958 |
Tim Armstrong | Democrat | 43rd | 1959–1962 |
Homer Bedford | Democrat | 44th | 1963–1966 |
Virginia Blue | Republican | 45th | 1967–1970 |
Julia Swearingen | Republican | 46th | 1970 |
Palmer Burch | Republican | 47th | 1971–1974 |
Sam Brown | Democrat | 48th | 1975–1977 |
Roy Romer | Democrat | 49th | 1977–1987 |
Gail Schoettler | Democrat | 50th | 1987–1995 |
Bill Owens | Republican | 51st | 1995–1999 |
Mike Coffman | Republican | 52nd | 1999–2005 |
Mark Hillman | Republican | 53rd | 2005 |
Mike Coffman | Republican | 54th | 2006 |
Cary Kennedy | Democrat | 55th | 2007–2010 |
Walker Stapleton | Republican | 56th | 2011–present |