State Treasurer of Missouri

The state treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. Vivek Malek has served as state treasurer since January 2023.

Duties of the state treasurer The state treasurer is responsible for managing more than $24 billion in annual revenues and more than $3.6 billion in state investments. Additionally, the state treasurer works to return nearly $700 million in unclaimed property to more than 4.3 million account owners. The state treasurer also helps oversee MOST - Missouri's 529 College Savings Plan, which helps families start building a college fund.

As banking director for the state government, the state treasurer is responsible for authorizing disbursement of state funds, balancing the state accounts, contracting with private banks to process state receipts and disbursements, manage money and security transfers, and reporting on the state's financial activities. The state treasurer partners with Missouri banks to make low-interest loans to small businesses and farms through Missouri FIRST.

The state treasurer represents taxpayers by serving on the governing boards of the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, the state Board of Fund Commissioners, and the Missouri Cultural Trust Board.

List of state treasurers #ImageNamePartyTerm1John Peter DidierIndependent1820–18212Nathaniel SimondsDemocratic-Republican1821–18293James EaricksonDemocratic1829–18334John WalkerDemocratic1833–18385Abraham McClellanDemocratic1838–18436Peter Garland GloverDemocratic1843–18517Alfred William MorrisonDemocratic1851–18618George Caleb BinghamDemocratic1862–18659William BishopRepublican1865–186910William Q. DallmeyerRepublican1869–187111Samuel HaysRepublican1871–187312Harvey Wallis SalmonDemocratic1873–187513Joseph Wayne MercerDemocratic1875–187714Elijah GatesDemocratic1877–188115Phillip Edward ChappellDemocratic1881–188516James M. SeibertDemocratic1885–188917Edward T. NolandDemocratic1889–189018Lawrence Vest StephensDemocratic1890–189719Frank L. PittsDemocratic1897–190120Robert P. WilliamsDemocratic1901–190521Jacob F. GmelichRepublican1905–190922James CowgillDemocratic1909–191323Edwin P. DealDemocratic1913–191724George H. MiddelkampDemocratic1917–192125Lorenzo Dow ThompsonRepublican1921–192526C. Eugene StephensRepublican1925–192927Larry BrunkRepublican1929–193328Richard R. NacyDemocratic1933–193729Robert W. WinnDemocratic1937–194130Wilson BellDemocratic1941–194531Robert W. WinnDemocratic1945–194832Richard R. NacyDemocratic1948–194933Mount Etna MorrisDemocratic1949–195334George Hubert BatesDemocratic1953–195735Mount Etna MorrisDemocratic1957–196136Milton CarpenterDemocratic1961–196537Mount Etna MorrisDemocratic1965–196938William Edmond RobinsonDemocratic1969–197339Jim SpainhowerDemocratic1973–198140Mel CarnahanDemocratic1981–198541Wendell BaileyRepublican1985–199342Bob HoldenDemocratic1993–200143Nancy FarmerDemocratic2001–200544Sarah SteelmanRepublican2005–200945Clint ZweifelDemocratic2009–201746Eric SchmittRepublican2017–201947Scott FitzpatrickRepublican2019–202348Vivek MalekRepublican2023–present

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External links

Publications by or about the Office of the State Treasurer of Missouri at Internet Archive.