The Indiana auditor of state (doing business as "the Indiana state comptroller") is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Indiana. Fifty-seven individuals have occupied the office of auditor of state since statehood. The incumbent is Elise Nieshalla, a Republican.

Election and term of office The auditor of state is elected to a four-year term of office. The occupant of the office is term limited and cannot serve more than eight years out of any twelve-year period.

Powers and duties The auditor of state, officially doing business as "the state comptroller", functions as the chief financial officer for the whole of state government. In terms of financial accounting, the auditor of state creates and operates the statewide accounting system, maintains a record of revenues, expenditures and balances by state fund, collects debts owed the state, and prepares various financial reports, including the state of Indiana's annual comprehensive financial report. As it concerns disbursements of public money, the auditor of state examines and settles claims by and against the state, issues warrants on the state treasury in payment of claims approved, authorizes electronic funds transfers, and administers payroll to over 33,000 state employees. The auditor of state is also responsible for supervising county finances and distributing property tax revenue to counties, cities, towns, schools, and other local units of government.

List of auditors

Territorial auditors #NameTook officeLeft officePartyHometownNotes1Peter JonesSeptember 5, 18051810Knox Co.Annual Reports of the Officers of State of the State of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1895), 56.2William PrinceApril 13, 18101813Democratic-RepublicanVincennes, IndianaThe office of auditor was created by Congress in 1809 and filled in the next general election3General Washington JohnstonJanuary 20, 18131813Vincennes, Indiana4William PrinceFebruary 8, 18131813Democratic-RepublicanVincennes, Indiana5Davis FloydJune 15, 18131814Democratic-RepublicanCorydon, Indiana

State auditors #NameTook officeLeft officePartyHometownNotes1William H. LillyNovember 16, 1816February 17, 1828Democratic-RepublicanCorydon, IndianaDied in office2Benjamin L. BlytheApril 5, 1828December 4, 1828Democratic-RepublicanBrookville, Indiana3Morris MorrisJanuary 21, 1829January 24, 1844WhigIndianapolis, Indiana4Horatio J. HarrisJanuary 24, 1844January 25, 1847DemocraticDelphi, Indiana5Douglass MaguireJanuary 25, 1847January 25, 1850WhigIndianapolis, Indiana6Erastus W. H. EllisJanuary 25, 1850January 25, 1853DemocraticElkhart County, Indiana7John P. DunnJanuary 25, 1853January 25, 1855DemocraticDearborn County, Indiana8Hiram E. TalbottJanuary 25, 1855January 26, 1857RepublicanPutnam County, Indiana9John W. DoddJanuary 26, 1857January 25, 1861DemocraticGrant County, Indiana10Albert LangeJanuary 25, 1861January 26, 1863RepublicanTerre Haute, Indiana11Joseph RistineJanuary 26, 1863January 25, 1865DemocraticFountain County, Indiana12Thomas B. McCarthyJanuary 25, 1865January 25, 1869RepublicanWabash, Indiana13John D. EvansJanuary 25, 1869January 25, 1871RepublicanNoblesville, Indiana14John C. SchoemakerJanuary 25, 1871January 25, 1873DemocraticCannelton, Indiana15James A. WildmanJanuary 25, 1873January 25, 1875RepublicanKokomo, Indiana16Ebenezer HendersonJanuary 25, 1875January 25, 1879DemocraticMartinsville, Indiana17Mahlon D. MansonJanuary 25, 1879January 25, 1881DemocraticCrawfordsville, IndianaWas a United States representative18Edward H. WolfeJanuary 25, 1881January 25, 1883RepublicanRushville, Indiana19James H. RiceJanuary 25, 1883January 25, 1887DemocraticNew Albany, Indiana20Bruce CarrJanuary 25, 1887January 25, 1891RepublicanOrange County, Indiana21John O. HendersonJanuary 25, 1891January 25, 1895DemocraticKokomo, Indiana22Americus C. DailyJanuary 25, 1895January 25, 1899RepublicanBoone County, Indiana23William H. HartJanuary 25, 1899January 25, 1903RepublicanFrankfort, Indiana24David E. SherrickJanuary 25, 1903September 14, 1905RepublicanNoblesville, IndianaResigned from Office25Warren BiglerSeptember 14, 1905November 24, 1906RepublicanWabash, Indiana26John C. BillheimerNovember 24, 1906November 24, 1910RepublicanWashington, Indiana27William H. O'BrienNovember 24, 1910November 24, 1914DemocraticLawrenceburg, Indiana28Dale J. CrittenbergerNovember 24, 1914November 24, 1916DemocraticAnderson, Indiana29Otto L. KlaussNovember 24, 1916November 24, 1920RepublicanEvansville, Indiana30William G. OliverNovember 24, 1920November 24, 1922RepublicanFranklin, Indiana31Robert BrackenNovember 24, 1922November 24, 1924DemocraticFrankfort, Indiana32Lewis S. BowmanDecember 1, 1924December 1, 1928RepublicanRichmond, Indiana33Arch N. BobbittDecember 1, 1928December 1, 1930RepublicanEnglish, Indiana34Floyd E. WilliamsonDecember 1, 1930December 1, 1934DemocraticIndianapolis, Indiana35Laurence F. SullivanDecember 1, 1934December 1, 1938DemocraticPrinceton, Indiana36Frank G. ThompsonDecember 1, 1938December 1, 1940DemocraticBluffton, Indiana37Richard T. JamesDecember 1, 1940December 1, 1944RepublicanPortland, Indiana38Alvan V. BurchDecember 1, 1944December 1, 1948RepublicanEvansville, Indiana39James M. PropstDecember 1, 1948December 1, 1950DemocraticTerre Haute, Indiana40Frank MillisDecember 1, 1950December 1, 1954RepublicanCampbellsburg, Indiana41Curtis E. RardinDecember 1, 1954December 1, 1956RepublicanRensselaer, Indiana42Roy T. CombsDecember 1, 1956December 1, 1958RepublicanIndianapolis, Indiana43Albert A. SteinwedalDecember 1, 1958December 1, 1960DemocraticSeymour, Indiana44Dorothy GardnerDecember 1, 1960December 1, 1964RepublicanFort Wayne, IndianaFirst woman to hold the office.45Mark L. FranceDecember 1, 1964December 1, 1966DemocraticFort Wayne, Indiana46John P. GallagherDecember 1, 1966December 1, 1968RepublicanMunster, Indiana47Trudy S. EthertonDecember 1, 1968December 1, 1970RepublicanSouth Bend, Indiana48Mary Aikins CurrieDecember 1, 1970December 1, 1978DemocraticOsgood, Indiana49Charles D. LoosDecember 1, 1978December 1, 1982RepublicanCicero, Indiana50Otis E. CoxDecember 1, 1982December 1, 1986DemocraticAnderson, Indiana51Ann G. DeVoreDecember 1, 1986December 1, 1994RepublicanIndianapolis, Indiana52Morris WoodenDecember 1, 1994December 1, 1998RepublicanIndianapolis, Indiana53Connie Kay NassDecember 1, 1998December 1, 2006RepublicanHuntingburg, Indiana54Tim BerryDecember 1, 2006August 13, 2013RepublicanFort Wayne, Indiana55Dwayne SawyerAugust 19, 2013December 15, 2013RepublicanBrownsburg, IndianaFirst African-American to hold the office.56Suzanne CrouchJanuary 2, 2014January 9, 2017RepublicanEvansville, Indiana57Tera KlutzJanuary 9, 2017November 30, 2023RepublicanFort Wayne, Indiana58Elise NieshallaDecember 1, 2023presentRepublicanZionsville, Indiana

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Government of Indiana

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