Mississippi State Treasurer

State Treasurer of Mississippi is a post created in 1817 when the state was admitted to the Union. Before the state was formed by splitting the Alabama Territory from the Mississippi Territory, an equivalent post was the Territorial Treasurer General, established in 1802.

The elected office of the State Treasurer was created under Article 5, Section 134, of the Mississippi Constitution. The Treasurer's responsibilities include the issuance of State debt, responsibility for the timely payment of principal and interest on the State's bond and note obligations, and receiving, disbursing and investing State funds. The State Treasurer also represents the Executive Branch on over a dozen boards and commissions.

Post holders

Territorial Treasurers General

• Abner Green 1802-????
• Samuel Brooks ????-1817

State Treasurers

• Samuel Brooks 1817-1818
• Peter Schuyler 1818-1821
• Samuel C. Wooldridge 1821-1828
• James Phillips, Jr. 1828-1836
• Charles C. Mayson 1836-1838
• James Phillips, Jr. 1838-1838
• J. A. Vanhoesen 1838-1839
• Silas Bowen 1839-1839
• S. Craig 1839-1839
• James G. Williams 1839-1839
• Joshua S. Curtis 1840-1841
• Richard S. Graves 1841-1843
• William Clark 1843-1847
• Richard Griffith 1847-1851
• William Clark 1851-1854
• Shields L. Hussey 1854-1860
• M. D. Haynes 1860-1865
• W. B. Weaver 1865-1865
• John H. Echols 1865-1869
• William H. Vassar 1869-1874
• G. H. Holland 1874-1875
• M. L. Holland 1875-1875
• William L. Hemingway 1875-1890
• J. J. Evans 1890-1896
• A. Q. May 1896-1900
• J. R. Stowers 1900-1901
• George W. Carlisle 1901-1902
• Thad B. Lampton 1902-1904
• William Jones Miller 1904-1908
• George Robert Edwards 1908-1912
• Peter Simpson Stovall 1912-1916
• John Peroutt Taylor 1916-1920
• Larkin Seyomer Rodgers 1920-1920
• William Moseley Murry 1920-1924
• Ben Shem Lowry 1924-1928
• Webb Walley 1928-1932
• Lewis S. May 1932-1936
• Newton James 1936-1940
• Lewis S. May 1940-1944
• Newton James 1944-1948
• R. W. May 1948-1952
• Newton James 1952-1956
• Robert D. Morrow, Sr. 1956-1960
• Evelyn Gandy 1960-1964
• William Winter 1964-1968
• Evelyn Gandy 1968-1972
• Brad Dye 1972-1976
• Ed Pittman 1976-1980
• John L. Dale 1980-1980
• Bill Cole III 1980-1988
• Marshall Bennett 1988-2003
• Peyton Prospere 2003-2004
• Tate Reeves 2004-2012
• Lynn Fitch 2012–present

References

• 'Functions of the Treasurer', Mississippi Treasury Department, State of Mississippi. Retrieved July 24 2005.