State Treasurer of Arizona | |
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since January 7, 2019 | |
Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
Term length | Four years, can succeed self once; eligible again after a 4-year respite |
Formation | 1912 |
Succession | Third |
Deputy | Mark Swenson |
Salary | $70,000 |
Website | aztreasury |
Thestate treasurer of Arizona is a constitutional officer in theexecutive branch ofgovernment of theU.S. state ofArizona. Forty-five individuals have occupied the office of state treasurer since statehood. The incumbent isKimberly Yee, aRepublican.
The state treasurer is one of six statewide elected officials and serves a term of four years. A person may only serve as state treasurer for two consecutive terms.
The state treasurer is the chiefbanker andinvestment officer for the state of Arizona. In this capacity, the state treasurerreceives payments made to the state,accounts for andmanages the state'scash flows, providesbanking services to state agencies, directs and administers theinvestment of the state's approximately $95.9 billionportfolio, anddisburses public monies in payment ofwarrants drawn by the General Accounting Office, Arizona'scomptroller.[1][2][3][a]
Functional responsibilities aside, the state treasurer is ex officio chairperson of the Board of Investment and a member of both the State Selection Board and the Board of Loan Commissioners.[7][8][9] These bodies prescribeinvestment policies for the state investment portfolio, select or cause for the withdrawal and survey oftrust lands granted to Arizona byCongress, and managestate indebtedness, respectively. The state treasurer is also third (after thesecretary of state andattorney general) in theline of succession to the office ofgovernor of Arizona.[10]
# | Image | Name | Political Party | Term of Office |
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1 | David F. Johnson | Democratic | 1912–1915 | |
2 | ![]() | Mit Simms | Democratic | 1915–1917 |
3 | David F. Johnson | Democratic | 1917–1919 | |
4 | Harry S. Ross | Democratic | 1919–1921 | |
5 | Raymond R. Earhart | Democratic | 1921–1923 | |
6 | Wayne Hubbs | Democratic | 1923–1925 | |
7 | Vernon S. Wright | Democratic | 1925–1927 | |
8 | J. C. Callaghan | Democratic | 1927–1929 | |
10 | Charles R. Price | Democratic | 1929–1931 | |
11 | ![]() | Mit Simms | Democratic | 1931–1933 |
12 | W. M. Cox | Democratic | 1933–1935 | |
13 | ![]() | Mit Simms | Democratic | 1935–1937 |
14 | Harry M. Moore | Democratic | 1937–1939 | |
15 | William G. Petersen | Democratic | 1939–1941 | |
16 | Joe Hunt | Democratic | 1941–1943 | |
17 | James D. Brush | Democratic | 1943–1944 | |
18 | Alva E. Weaver | Democratic | 1944–1945 | |
19 | William T. Brooks | Democratic | 1945–1947 | |
20 | ![]() | Mit Simms | Democratic | 1947–1949 |
21 | J. W. Kelly | Democratic | 1949–1951 | |
22 | E. T. Williams, Jr. | Democratic | 1951–1953 | |
23 | J. W. Kelly | Democratic | 1953–1955 | |
24 | E. T. Williams, Jr. | Democratic | 1955–1957 | |
25 | J. W. Kelly | Democratic | 1957–1959 | |
26 | H. Y. Sprague | Democratic | 1959–1960 | |
27 | John Quebedeaux | Republican | 1960–1961 | |
28 | J. W. Kelly | Democratic | 1961–1963 | |
29 | Milton J. Husky | Democratic | 1963–1965 | |
30 | Bob Kennedy | Democratic | 1965–1967 | |
31 | Charles H. Garland | Republican | 1967–1969 | |
32 | Morris A. Herring | Republican | 1969–1971 | |
33 | Ernest Garfield | Republican | 1971–1973 | |
34 | Bart Fleming | Republican | 1973–1979 | |
35 | Clark Dierks | Republican | 1979–1983 | |
36 | Ray Rottas | Republican | 1983–1991 | |
37 | Tony West | Republican | 1991–1999 | |
38 | Carol Springer | Republican | 1999–2003 | |
39 | David Petersen | Republican | 2003–2006 | |
40 | Elliott Hibbs | Republican | 2006–2007 | |
41 | Dean Martin | Republican | 2007–2011 | |
42 | ![]() | Doug Ducey | Republican | 2011–2015 |
43 | ![]() | Jeff DeWit | Republican | 2015–2018 |
44 | ![]() | Eileen Klein | Republican | 2018–2019 |
45 | ![]() | Kimberly Yee | Republican | 2019–present |