Alabama State Treasurer


The Alabama State Treasurer acts as the head banker for the State of Alabama, handling deposits, withdrawals, redemptions of state warrants, and investments of state funds. The position was created in 1819 when Alabama became a state. Its constitution established the Office of the Treasurer of State, a position that would be elected by the legislature. Individuals serving as state treasurer were elected annually by the General Assembly from 1819 to 1861. Beginning in 1861, the treasurer was elected biennially from until 1868 and was elected by popular vote for a term of two years in 1868. Arthur Bingham's election in 1868 marked the first time a Republican would hold the office. Kay Ivey in 2002 would become the second Republican to hold the office. The treasurer began to be elected to a four-year term as a result of the 1901 Constitution but could not serve successive terms until a 1968 amendment. In 1950, Sibyl Pool would become the first of seven different women to be elected State Treasurer.
The current and 40th Alabama State Treasurer is Republican John McMillan.who took office on January 14, 2019. He succeeded Young Boozer who was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.

List of Treasurers

NameTerm
1Jack Ross1819 to 1822
2John Perry1822 to 1829
3Hardin Perkins1829 to 1834
4William Hawn1834 to 1840
5Samuel Frierson1840 to 1846
6William Graham1846 to 1860
7Duncan Graham1860 to 1865
8Lyd Saxon1865 to 1868
9Arthur Bingham1868 to 1870
10James Grant1870 to 1872
11Arthur Bingham1872 to 1874
12Daniel Crawford1874 to 1878
13Isaac Vincent1878 to 1883
14Frederick Smith1883 to 1888
15John Cobbs1888 to 1892
16J. Craig Smith1892 to 1896
17George Ellis1896 to 1900
18J. Craig Smith1900 to 1907
19Walter D. Seed Sr.1907 to 1911
20John Purifoy1911 to 1915
21William Lancaster1915 to 1919
22Robert Bradley1919 to 1923
23George Ellis1923 to 1927
24William Allgood1927 to 1931
25Sidney Blann1931 to 1935
26Charles McCall1939 to 1941
27Walter Lusk1941 to 1947
28John Brandon1947 to 1951
29Sibyl Pool1951 to 1955
30John Brandon1955 to 1959
31Agnes Baggett1959 to 1963
32Mary Texas Hurt Garner1963 to 1967
33Agnes Baggett1967 to 1975
34Melba Till Allen1975 to 1978
35Annie Laurie Gunter1978 to 1987
36George Wallace Jr.1987 to 1995
37Lucy Baxley1995 to 2003
38Kay Ivey2003 to 2011
39Young Boozer2011 to 2019
40John McMillan2019 to present