| City Treasurer of Chicago | |
|---|---|
since May 20, 2019 | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Website | chicagocitytreasurer |
Thecity treasurer of Chicago is an elected official of the City ofChicago.
The current city treasurer of Chicago isDemocratMelissa Conyears.[1] Conyears was elected by Chicago citizens on April 2, 2019,[2] and took the oath of office on May 20, 2019.[3] She was preceded in office byKurt Summers.[4]Conyears was elected in the2019 Chicago runoff election, which also included the office of mayor, beating 47th Ward AlderpersonAmeya Pawar. She is the fourth African American woman to hold to position afterStephanie Neely andJudy Rice andBarbara Lumpkin.
The city treasurer’s office is the custodian and manager of all cash and investments for the City of Chicago, the four city employee pension funds, and the Chicago Teacher’s Pension Fund. Additionally, the treasurer’s office manages a number of programs that promote financial education and small business growth inChicago’s neighborhoods. The treasurer is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, with themayor and theclerk being the others.
The city treasurer's office operates aweb page describing the office's powers and duties.[5]
| City clerks | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Conyears-Ervin | 2019– | Assumed office May 20, 2019 |
| Kurt Summers | 2014–2019 | Was appointed in 2014 |
| Stephanie Neely | 2006–2014 | Was appointed in 2006 |
| Judith Rice | 2000-2006 | Was appointed in 2000[6] |
| Miriam Santos | 2000 | [7] |
| Barbara Lumpkin | 1999–2000 | [7][8] |
| Miriam Santos | 1989–1999 | [8] |
| Cecil A. Partee | 1979–1989 | [9] |
| Joseph G. Bertand | 1971–1979 | [9] |
| Marshall Korshak | 1967–1971 | [9] |
| William G. Milota | 1961–1967 | [9] |
| Edmund P. Currey | 1960–1961 | Acting treasurer[9] |
| Sidney D. Deutsch | 1957–1960 | Was appointed in 1957[9] |
| Morris B. Sachs | 1955–1957 | [9] |
| David L. Hartigan | 1954–1955 | [9] |
| William G. Milota | 1949–1954 | [9] |
| Joseph T. Baran | 1947–1949 | [9] |
| Raymond Drymalski | 1943–1947 | [9] |
| Thomas S. Gordon | 1939–1943 | [9] |
| Gustave A. Brand | 1935–1937 | [9] |
| James A. Kearns | 1931–1935 | [9] |
| August B. Singer | 1931 | [9] |
| Charles S. Peterson | 1927–1931 | [9] |
| John A. Carvenka | 1923–1927 | [9] |
| Clayton F. Smith | 1921–1923 | [9] |
| Henry Stuckart | 1919–1921 | [9] |
| Clayton F. Smith | 1917–1919 | [9] |
| Fred H. Bartlett | 1916–1917 | [9] |
| Charles Sergel | 1915–1916 | [9] |
| Michael J. Flynn | 1913–1915 | [9] |
| Henry Stuckart | 1911–1913 | [9] |
| Isaac N. Powell | 1909–1911 | [9] |
| John E. Traeger | 1907–1909 | [9] |
| Fred W. Blocki | 1905–1907 | [9] |
| Ernst Hummel | 1903–1906 | [9] |
| Charles F. Gunther | 1901–1903 | [9] |
| Adam Ortseifen | 1899–1901 | [9] |
| Adam Wolf | 1895–1897 | [9] |
| Michael J. Bransfield | 1893–1895 | [9] |
| Peter Kiołbassa | 1891–1893 | [9] |
| Bernard Roesing | 1889–1891 | [9] |
| C. Herman Plautz | 1887–1889 | [9] |
| William M. Devine | 1885–1887 | [9] |
| John H. Dunphy | 1883–1885 | [9] |
| Rudolph Brand | 1881–1883 | [9] |
| William C. Saipp | 1879–1881 | [9] |
| Charles R. Larrabee | 1877–1879 | [9] |
| Clinton Briggs | 1876–1877 | [9] |
| Daniel O'Hara | 1873–1875 | [9] |
| David Allen Gage | 1869–1873 | [9] |
| William F. Wentworth | 1867–1869 | [9] |
| Amos G. Throop | 1865–1867 | [9] |
| David Allen Gage | 1863–1865 | [9] |
| W.H. Rice | 1861–1863 | [9] |
| Charles H. Hunt | 1860–1861 | [9] |
| Alonzo Harvey City | 1858–1860 | [9] |
| Charles N. Holden | 1857–1858 | [9] |
| O.J. Rose | 1856–1857 | [9] |
| William F. DeWolf | 1855–1856 | [9] |
| Uriah P. Harris | 1854–1855 | [9] |
| Edward Manierre | 1850–1854 | [9] |
| William L. Church | 1848–1850 | [9] |
| Andrew Getzler | 1847–1848 | [9] |
| William L. Church | 1845–1847 | [9] |
| Walter S. Gurnee | 1843–1845 | [9] |
| Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1842–1843 | [9] |
| N.H. Bolles | 1841–1842 | [9] |
| Walter S. Gurnee | 1840 | [9] |
| N.H. Bolles | 1840 | [9] |
| George W. Dole | 1839–1840 | [9] |
| Hiram Pearson | 1837–1839 | [9] |
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