Kentucky State Treasurer
The Kentucky State Treasurer is elected every four years along with the governor and other statewide officials. The treasurer, who can serve two terms, acts as the state's chief elected fiscal officer. The salary is $110,000 a year.
The current treasurer, Allison Ball of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, is the first Republican elected to the post since 1944. She succeeded the term-limited Democrat Todd Hollenbach of Louisville, who instead became the 30th District Court judge.
The treasurer's duties include:
- Act as head of the treasury
- Create and manage the state's depository
- Make record of all monies due and payable to the state
- Process warrants from the Finance and Administration Cabinet
- Make payments on behalf of the state
- Make an annual report
# | Name | Political Party | Term |
1 | John Logan | | 1792–1807 |
2 | David Logan | | 1807–1808 |
3 | John P. Thomas | | 1808–1818 |
4 | Samuel South | | 1818–1824 |
5 | James Davidson | | 1824–1849 |
6 | Richard Curd Wintersmith | | 1849–1857 |
7 | James H. Garrard | Democratic | 1857–1865 |
8 | Mason Brown | Democratic | 1865–1867 |
9 | James W. Tate | Democratic | 1867–1888 |
10 | Stephen G. Sharpe | Democratic | 1888–1890 |
11 | Henry S. Hale | Democratic | 1890–1895 |
12 | George W. Long | Republican | 1896–1900 |
13 | Walter R. Day | Republican | 1900 |
14 | Samuel Wilber Hager | Democratic | 1900–1904 |
15 | Henry M. Bosworth | Democratic | 1904–1908 |
16 | Edwin Farley | Republican | 1908–1912 |
17 | Thomas S. Rhea | Democratic | 1912–1916 |
18 | Sherman Goodpaster | Democratic | 1916–1920 |
19 | James A. Wallace | Republican | 1920–1924 |
20 | Edward Blan Dishman | Democratic | 1924–1928 |
21 | Emma Guy Cromwell | Democratic | 1928–1932 |
22 | Elam Huddleston | Democratic | 1932–1936 |
23 | John E. Buckingham | | 1936–1940 |
24 | Ernest E. Shannon | Democratic | 1940–1944 |
25 | Thomas W. Vinson | Republican | 1944–1948 |
26 | Edward F. Seiller | Democratic | 1948–1949 |
27 | Pearl Frances Runyon | Democratic | 1949–1956 |
28 | Henry H. Carter | Democratic | 1956–1960 |
29 | Thelma Stovall | Democratic | 1960–1964 |
30 | Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp | Democratic | 1964–1968 |
31 | Thelma Stovall | Democratic | 1968–1972 |
32 | Drexell R. Davis | Democratic | 1972–1976 |
33 | Frances Jones Mills | Democratic | 1976–1980 |
34 | Drexell R. Davis | Democratic | 1980–1984 |
35 | Frances Jones Mills | Democratic | 1984–1988 |
36 | Robert Mead | Democratic | 1988–1992 |
37 | Frances Jones Mills | Democratic | 1992–1996 |
38 | John Kennedy Hamilton | Democratic | 1996–1999 |
39 | Jonathan Miller | Democratic | 1999–2007 |
40 | Todd Hollenbach | Democratic | 2007–2016 |
41 | Allison Ball | Republican | 2016–present |