State Treasurer of Missouri

{{Short description|Statewide elected official}} {{Infobox official post | post = State Treasurer | body = Missouri | native_name = | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | flag = | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | image = MO Treasurers - 48 Vivek Malek (2023-) (53220004803) (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | imagecaption = | incumbent = Vivek Malek | acting = | incumbentsince = January 17, 2023 | department = | style = | type = State Treasurer | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = | reports_to = | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = | appointer_qualified = | termlength = | termlength_qualified = Four years, renewable once | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = 1820 | first = John Peter Didier | last = | abolished = | succession = Sixth | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = | website = [http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/ Missouri State Treasurer's Website] }}

The '''state treasurer of Missouri''' is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. Vivek Malek has served as state treasurer since January 2023.

==Duties of the state treasurer== The state treasurer is responsible for managing more than $24 billion in annual revenues and more than $3.6 billion in state investments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/office-investments|title=Office Investments|website=Missouri State Treasurer's Office|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref> Additionally, the state treasurer works to return nearly $700 million in unclaimed property to more than 4.3 million account owners.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/about-the-office|title=About The Office|website=Missouri State Treasurer's Office|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref> The state treasurer also helps oversee MOST - Missouri's 529 College Savings Plan, which helps families start building a college fund.<ref name=":0" />

As banking director for the state government, the state treasurer is responsible for authorizing disbursement of state funds, balancing the state accounts, contracting with private banks to process state receipts and disbursements, manage money and security transfers, and reporting on the state's financial activities.<ref name=":0" /> The state treasurer partners with Missouri banks to make low-interest loans to small businesses and farms through Missouri FIRST.<ref name=":0" />

The state treasurer represents taxpayers by serving on the governing boards of the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, the state Board of Fund Commissioners, and the Missouri Cultural Trust Board.<ref name=":0" />

==List of state treasurers== {| class="wikitable" |- !# !Image !Name !Party !Term |- |1 | |John Peter Didier |Independent |1820–1821 |- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |2 | |Nathaniel Simonds |Democratic-Republican |1821–1829 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |3 |60px |James Earickson |Democratic |1829–1833 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |4 | |John Walker |Democratic |1833–1838 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |5 | |Abraham McClellan |Democratic |1838–1843 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |6 |60px |Peter Garland Glover |Democratic |1843–1851 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |7 |60px |Alfred William Morrison |Democratic |1851–1861 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |8 |60px |George Caleb Bingham |Democratic |1862–1865 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |9 |60px |William Bishop |Republican |1865–1869 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |10 |60px |William Q. Dallmeyer |Republican |1869–1871 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |11 |60px |Samuel Hays |Republican |1871–1873 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |12 |60px |Harvey Wallis Salmon |Democratic |1873–1875 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |13 |60px |Joseph Wayne Mercer |Democratic |1875–1877 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |14 |60px |Elijah Gates |Democratic |1877–1881 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |15 |60px |Phillip Edward Chappell |Democratic |1881–1885 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |16 |60px |James M. Seibert |Democratic |1885–1889 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |17 |60px |Edward T. Noland |Democratic |1889–1890 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |18 |60px |Lawrence Vest Stephens |Democratic |1890–1897 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |19 |60px |Frank L. Pitts |Democratic |1897–1901 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |20 |60px |Robert P. Williams |Democratic |1901–1905 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |21 |60px |Jacob F. Gmelich |Republican |1905–1909 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22 |60px |James Cowgill |Democratic |1909–1913 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |23 |60px |Edwin P. Deal |Democratic |1913–1917 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |24 |60px |George H. Middelkamp |Democratic |1917–1921 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |25 |60px |Lorenzo Dow Thompson |Republican |1921–1925 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |26 |60px |C. Eugene Stephens |Republican |1925–1929 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |27 |60px |Larry Brunk |Republican |1929–1933 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28 |60px |Richard R. Nacy |Democratic |1933–1937 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |29 |60px |Robert W. Winn |Democratic |1937–1941 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |30 |60px |Wilson Bell |Democratic |1941–1945 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31 |60px |Robert W. Winn |Democratic |1945–1948 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |32 |60px |Richard R. Nacy |Democratic |1948–1949 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |33 |60px |Mount Etna Morris |Democratic |1949–1953 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |34 |60px |George Hubert Bates |Democratic |1953–1957 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |35 |60px |Mount Etna Morris |Democratic |1957–1961 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36 |60px |Milton Carpenter |Democratic |1961–1965 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37 |60px |Mount Etna Morris |Democratic |1965–1969 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |38 |60px |William Edmond Robinson |Democratic |1969–1973 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |39 |60px |Jim Spainhower |Democratic |1973–1981 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40 |60px |Mel Carnahan |Democratic |1981–1985 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |41 |60px |Wendell Bailey |Republican |1985–1993 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42 |60px |Bob Holden |Democratic |1993–2001 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |43 |60px |Nancy Farmer |Democratic |2001–2005 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |44 |60px |Sarah Steelman |Republican |2005–2009 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45 |60px |Clint Zweifel |Democratic |2009–2017 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |46 |60px |Eric Schmitt |Republican |2017–2019 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |47 |60px |Scott Fitzpatrick |Republican |2019–2023 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |48 |60px |Vivek Malek |Republican |2023–present |}

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==External links==

*Publications by or about [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Treasurer%29%20AND%20collection%3A%28missouristatepublications%29 the Office of the State Treasurer of Missouri] at Internet Archive.

* Category:1820 establishments in Missouri Territory