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The '''New York State Treasurer''' was a state cabinet officer in the State of [[New York (state)|New York]] between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor [[Al Smith]], the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department of Audit and Control headed to the [[New York State Comptroller]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080924185353/http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_env_guide_3_dac.shtml] Department of Audit and Control, at NY Archives</ref>

==History==
In 1776, the [[New York Provincial Congress]] appointed [[Peter Van Brugh Livingston]] Treasurer to disburse the monies raised and issued in the revolutionary operations of the day.<ref name="Hough1858">{{cite book |last1=Hough |first1=Franklin Benjamin |title=The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time |date=1858 |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co. |location=Albany |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog/page/n61 35]-36 |url=https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog |access-date=30 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

After the establishment of the state government, the Treasurer was appointed by special act of the [[New York State Legislature]] for short periods.

Under the [[New York State Constitution]] of 1821, the Treasurer was elected by joint ballot of the State Legislature.

Under the Constitution of 1846, the office became elective by general election, and the Treasurer was elected with the other state cabinet officers in odd years to a two-year term, serving in the second year of the governor in office and the first year of the succeeding governor. The Treasurer was elected in 1895 to a three-year term, and subsequently was elected in even years and served a two-year term concurrently with the governor until the end of 1926.

==New York State Treasurers==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! width = "17%" | Name
! width = "15%" | Took office
! width = "15%" | Left office
! Party
! Notes
|-
|[[File:Peter Van Brugh Livingston after Henry Raeburn.jpg|60px]]
|[[Peter Van Brugh Livingston]]
|1776
|1778
|
|appointed by Provincial Congress
|-
|
|[[Gerard Bancker]]
|April 1, 1778
|1798
|
|
|- {{Party shading/Federalist}}
|
|[[Robert McClellan (NY treasurer)|Robert McClellan]]
|March 16, 1798
|January 31, 1803
|Federalist
|resigned after defalcation
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|[[File:Abraham G. Lansing.jpg|60px]]
|[[Abraham G. Lansing]]
|February 8, 1803
|February 5, 1808
|Dem.-Rep./Lewisite
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|[[File:David Thomas (Salem, New York).jpg|60px]]
|[[David Thomas (New York)|David Thomas]]
|February 5, 1808
|February 8, 1810
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]/Clintonian
|
|- {{Party shading/Federalist}}
|[[File:Abraham G. Lansing.jpg|60px]]
|[[Abraham G. Lansing]]
|February 8, 1810
|February 18, 1812
|Federalist
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|[[File:David Thomas (Salem, New York).jpg|60px]]
|[[David Thomas (New York)|David Thomas]]
|February 18, 1812
|February 10, 1813
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Federalist}}
|
|[[Charles Z. Platt]]
|February 10, 1813
|February 12, 1817
|Federalist
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|
|[[Gerrit L. Dox]]
|February 12, 1817
|January 29, 1821
|Dem.-Rep.
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|
|[[Benjamin Knower]]
|January 29, 1821
|November 3, 1824
|Dem.-Rep./Bucktail
|resigned
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|
|[[Abraham Keyser, Jr.]]
|November 3, 1824
|February 16, 1825
|Dem.-Rep./Bucktail
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|[[File:Gamaliel H. Barstow (New York Congressman).jpg|60px]]
|[[Gamaliel H. Barstow]]
|February 16, 1825
|February 14, 1826
|Dem.-Rep./Clintonian
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Abraham Keyser, Jr.]]
|February 14, 1826
|February 5, 1838
|D-R/Buckt.-Jacksonian-Dem.
|
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|[[File:Gamaliel H. Barstow (New York Congressman).jpg|60px]]
|[[Gamaliel H. Barstow]]
|February 5, 1838
|February 4, 1839
|Whig
|resigned
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|
|[[Jacob Haight]]
|February 4, 1839
|February 7, 1842
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Thomas Farrington (American politician)|Thomas Farrington]]
|February 7, 1842
|February 3, 1845
|Dem./[[Hunkers and Barnburners|Barnburner]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Benjamin Enos]]
|February 3, 1845
|February 2, 1846
|Dem./[[Hunkers and Barnburners|Hunker]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Thomas Farrington (American politician)|Thomas Farrington]]
|February 2, 1846
|December 31, 1847
|Dem./[[Hunkers and Barnburners|Barnburner]]
|legislated out of office by the Constitution of 1846
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|
|[[Alvah Hunt]]
|January 1, 1848
|December 31, 1851
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|first Treasurer elected by general ballot, two terms
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|[[File:James Merrill Cook MET ap31.29.1.jpg|60px]]
|[[James M. Cook]]
|January 1, 1852
|November 20, 1852
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|election contested by Democratic candidate
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Benjamin Welch, Jr.]]
|November 20, 1852
|December 31, 1853
|Democratic
|declared elected by the New York Supreme Court, and took office for the remainder of the term
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|[[File:Elbridge G. Spaulding - Brady-Handy.jpg|60px]]
|[[Elbridge G. Spaulding]]
|January 1, 1854
|December 31, 1855
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|- {{Party shading/American}}
|
|[[Stephen Clark (NY treasurer)|Stephen Clark]]
|January 1, 1856
|December 31, 1857
|[[Know Nothing|American]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Isaac V. Vanderpoel]]
|January 1, 1858
|December 31, 1859
|Democratic
|
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:Philip Dorsheimer.jpg|60px]]
|[[Philip Dorsheimer]]
|January 1, 1860
|December 31, 1861
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Unionist}}
|
|[[William B. Lewis (NY treasurer)|William B. Lewis]]
|January 1, 1862
|December 31, 1863
|[[National Union Party (United States)|Union]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Unionist}}
|[[File:George W. Schuyler (New York state treasurer).jpg|60px]]
|[[George W. Schuyler]]
|January 1, 1864
|December 31, 1865
|[[National Union Party (United States)|Union]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|
|[[Joseph Howland]]
|January 1, 1866
|December 31, 1867
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Wheeler H. Bristol]]
|January 1, 1868
|December 31, 1871
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|two terms
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:Thomas Raines.jpg|60px]]
|[[Thomas Raines]]
|January 1, 1872
|June 1, 1874
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|became a [[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]] in 1872, and was re-elected on Democratic ticket, declared incapacitated after nervous breakdown
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Abraham Lansing 1835-1899.jpg|60px]]
|[[Abraham Lansing]]
|June 1, 1874
|August 17, 1874
||Democratic
|temporarily appointed during illness of Raines
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Thomas Raines.jpg|60px]]
|[[Thomas Raines]]
|August 19, 1874
|December 31, 1875
|Democratic
|reinstated after recovering his mental health
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Charles N. Ross]]
|January 1, 1876
|December 31, 1877
|Democratic
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[James Mackin]]
|January 1, 1878
|December 31, 1879
|Democratic
|
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|
|[[Nathan D. Wendell]]
|January 1, 1880
|December 31, 1881
|Republican
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Robert A. Maxwell]]
|January 1, 1882
|December 31, 1885
|Democratic
|two terms
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Lawrence J. Fitzgerald]]
|January 1, 1886
|December 31, 1889
|Democratic
|two terms
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:ElliotDanforth.jpg|60px]]
|[[Elliot Danforth]]
|January 1, 1890
|December 31, 1893
|Democratic
|two terms
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:AddisonBColvin.jpg|60px]]
|[[Addison B. Colvin]]
|January 1, 1894
|December 31, 1898
|Republican
|two terms (1894-95, 1896-98)
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:Jaeckel crop 001a.png|60px]]
|[[John P. Jaeckel]]
|January 1, 1899
|December 31, 1902
|Republican
|two terms
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:JohnGWickser.jpg|60px]]
|[[John G. Wickser]]
|January 1, 1903
|December 31, 1904
|Republican
|
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:John G. Wallenmeier Jr.png|60px]]
|[[John G. Wallenmeier, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1905
|December 31, 1906
|Republican
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Julius Hauser.jpg|60px]]
|[[Julius Hauser]]
|January 1, 1907
|December 31, 1908
|Dem./[[Independence League|Ind. League]]
|
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:T. B. Dunn.jpg|60px]]
|[[Thomas B. Dunn]]
|January 1, 1909
|December 31, 1910
|Republican
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[John J. Kennedy (New York State Treasurer)|John J. Kennedy]]
|January 1, 1911
|February 15, 1914
|Democratic
|committed suicide during his second term
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[George W. Batten]]
|February 15, 1914
|February 25, 1914
|Democratic
|as Deputy Treasurer acted until the election of a successor
|- {{Party shading/Progressive}}
|
|[[Homer D. Call]]
|February 25, 1914
|December 31, 1914
|[[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]]/Dem.
|elected by State Legislature to fill unexpired term
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:James L Wells.jpg|60px]]
|[[James L. Wells]]
|January 1, 1915
|December 31, 1920
|Republican
|three terms
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|
|[[N. Monroe Marshall]]
|January 1, 1921
|December 31, 1922
|Republican
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[George K. Shuler]]
|January 1, 1923
|December 31, 1924
|Democratic
|
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:Lewis H. Pounds.jpg|60px]]
|[[Lewis H. Pounds]]
|January 1, 1925
|December 31, 1926
|Republican
|last Treasurer, department merged into Comptroller's office
|}

==Notes==
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