Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts


The Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts is an executive officer, elected statewide every four years.
The Treasurer oversees the Office of Abandoned Property, escheated accounts, the State Retirement Board, the Office of Cash Management, the Office of Debt Management, the lottery, the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the Water Pollution Abatement Trust, the office of Financial Education Programs, The Office of Economic Empowerment, and the office of Deferred Compensation. The Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General additionally performs the role of Chairman over the independent public authority known as the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The current Treasurer is Deb Goldberg, who took office January 21, 2015.

List of Treasurers and Receivers-General

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Receiver-General		PartyYears
1Henry Gardner, Sr.1780–
1783
2Thomas Ivers1783–
1787
3Alexander Hodgden1787–
1792
4Thomas Davis1792–
1797
5Peleg CoffinFederalist1797–
1801
6Jonathan JacksonFederalist1802–
1806
7 Thomson J. SkinnerDemocratic-
Republican		1806–
1808
8Josiah Dwight1808–
1810
9Thomas Harris1810–
1811
10Jonathan L. AustinDemocratic-
Republican		1811–
1812
11John T. Apthorp1812–
1817
12Daniel Sargent1817–
1822
13Nahum MitchellFederalist1822–
1827
14Joseph Sewall1827–
1832
15Hezekiah Barnard1832–
1837
16David Wilder, Jr.Whig1837–
1842
17Thomas Russell1842–
1843
18John Mills1843–
1844
19Thomas Russell1844–
1845
20Joseph Barrett1845–
1849
21Ebenezer BradburyWhig1849–
1851
22Charles B. Hall1851–
1853
23Jacob H. Loud1853–
1855
24Thomas J. Marsh1855–
1856
25Moses Tenney, Jr.Opposition1856–
1861
26 Henry Kemble OliverRepublican1861–
1866
27Jacob H. LoudRepublican1866–
1871
28Charles Adams, Jr.Republican1871–
1876
29 Charles EndicottRepublican1876–
1881
30 Daniel A. GleasonRepublican1881–
1886
31 Alanson W. BeardRepublican1886–
1889
32 George A. MardenRepublican1889–
1894
33Henry M. PhillipsRepublican1894–
April 12, 1895
34 Edward P. ShawRepublicanApril 25, 1895–
1900
35Edward S. BradfordRepublican1900–1905
36 Arthur ChapinRepublican1905–
April 1, 1909
37 Elmer A. StevensRepublicanApril 7, 1909–
1914
38 Frederick MansfieldDemocratic1914–
1915
39 Charles L. BurrillRepublican1915–
1920
40 Fred J. BurrellRepublican1920–
September 3, 1920
ActingAlbert P. Langtry
Henry A. Wyman
John R. Macomber 		RepublicanSeptember 4, 1920–
September 8, 1920
41 James JacksonRepublicanSeptember 8, 1920–
1924
42 William S. YoungmanRepublican1924–
1928
43 John W. HaigisRepublican1928–
1930
44 Charles F. HurleyDemocratic1931–
1937
ActingKarl H. Oliver1937
45William E. HurleyRepublican1937–
1943
46Francis X. HurleyDemocratic1943–
1945
47John E. HurleyDemocratic1945–
1947
48 Laurence CurtisRepublican1947–
1949
49John E. HurleyDemocratic1949–
July 5, 1952
50 Foster FurcoloDemocraticJuly 5, 1952–
1955
51John Francis KennedyDemocratic1955–
1961
52John T. DriscollDemocratic1961–
1964
53 Robert Q. CraneDemocratic1964–
1991
54 Joe MaloneRepublicanJanuary 3, 1991–
January 7, 1999
55 Shannon P. O'BrienDemocraticJanuary 7, 1999–
January 2, 2003
56 Tim CahillDemocraticJanuary 2, 2003–
July 2009
56 Tim CahillIndependentJuly 2009–
January 3, 2011
57 Steve GrossmanDemocraticJanuary 17, 2011–
January 21, 2015
58 Deb GoldbergDemocraticJanuary 21, 2015–
present