1966 ............................. Francis B. Burch
1979, Jan. 1 only ...................... Jon F. Oster
1979, Jan. 2 only ................ George A. Nilson
1979- ............................ Stephen H. Sachs

TREASURERS

Origins of the office of Treasurer date to the late
seventeenth century. Under crown rule a Treasurer
of the Eastern Shore and a Treasurer of the Western
Shore were appointed by the Assembly with the
approval of Governor and Council. With the return
of proprietary rule in 1715, the Governor began to
appoint the two treasurers. The dual offices contin-
ued under the new State government created by the
Constitution of 1776 (sec. 13), with treasurers
appointed by the House of Delegates. In 1843 the
office of Treasurer of the Eastern Shore was
abolished and its duties were assumed by the
Treasurer of the Western Shore (Chapter 200, Acts
of 1841; Chapter 239, Acts of 1842). The 1851
Consitution created a single office of Treasurer for
the entire state. Appointed for a two-year term, the
Treasurer was chosen by joint ballot of the two
houses of the legislature at each session (Const.
1851, Art. 6, sec. 1). In 1922 the term was increased
to four years (Chapter 140, Acts of 1922). The
Treasurer is appointed by joint ballot of both houses
at the first regular session of the legislature in each
gubernatorial term of office.

TREASURERS OF THE EASTERN
SHORE

1775 ............................ William Hindman
1777 .............................. James Hindman
1778 ............................ Edward Hindman
1779 ............................. Henry Dickinson
1789 ......................... William Richardson
1802 ........................... William Chambers
1813 ......................... William Richardson
1825 ............................ John K. B. Emory
1826 ......................... William K. Lambdin
1840 ............................... Perry Robinson
1841 ................................ John H. Harris
1842-1843 ........................ Perry Robinson

TREASURERS OF THE WESTERN
SHORE

1775 ........................ Thomas Harwood, Jr.
1804 .......................... Benjamin Harwood
1826 ............................ George Mackubin
1843 ............................... JamesS. Owens
1844-1852 ......................... DennisClaude

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STATE TREASURERS

1852 ............................... James S. Owens
1854 ................................ Dennis Claude
1860 .............................. Sprigg Harwood
1862 ................................ Robert Fowler
1870 .............................. John Merryman
1872 ................................ JohnW.Davis
1874 ............................. Barnes Compton
1885 ............................... John S. Gittings
1886 ............................ Stevenson Archer
1890 ............................. Edwin H. Brown
1892 .............................. Spencer C. Jones
1896 ........................... Thomas J. Shryock
1900 ............................. Murray Vandiver
1916 ............................... John M. Dennis
1918 ........................... William P. Jackson
1920 ............................... John M. Dennis
1935 .............................. HooperS.Miles
1963 ........................ John A. Luetkemeyer
1973 .............................. J. Millard Tawes
1975- ............................ William S. James

COMPTROLLERS OF THE
TREASURY

The office of Comptroller of the Treasury was
created by the Constitution of 1851. Elected by the
citizens of the State, the Comptroller served for four
years (Const. 1851, Art. 6, sec. 1). In 1864 his term
was decreased to two years (Const. 1864, Art. 6, sec,
2). By 1867, however, it was increased again to the
current four-year term. There is no limitation on the
number of terms he may serve (Const. 1867, Art. 6,
sec. 1).

1852 ....................... Philip Francis Thomas
1853 ............................ Henry E. Bateman
1854 ..................... William Pinkney Whyte
1856 ...................... William Henry Purnell
1861 ................................ Dennis Claude
1861 ........................ Abram Lingan Jarrett
1862 ..................... Samuel Snowden Maffit
1864 ............. Henry Hollyday Goldsborough
1864 ............................... RobertJ.Jump
1867 ........................... William J. Leonard
1870 .............................. Levin Woolford
1878 ........................... Thomas J. Keating
1884 ............................... J. Frank Turner
1888 ......................... L. Victor Baughman
1892 ........................ Marion deKalb Smith
1896 ............................ Robert P. Graham
1898 .................. Phillips Lee Goldsborough
1900 ............................ Joshua W. Hering
1904 ......................... Gordon T. Atkinson
1907 ............................ Joshua W. Hering
1910 ........................... William B. Clagett
1911 ........................... Charles H. Stanley