The director of the United States Mint is the chief officer of the United States Mint. It is a presidential appointment that requires a Senate confirmation. The incumbent is Paul Hollis, who was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2025.
When the position of the director is vacant, the senior career (non-political) official of the mint serves as the acting director. Until the appointment of Ryder as director, the Mint had been without an official director since the resignation of Edmund C. Moy in 2011. Richard A. Peterson succeeded Moy. Peterson served between January 2011 and March 2017. The longest serving director was Nellie Ross. Ross, who had earlier been the first female governor in American history while serving the state of Wyoming, was director from 1933 until 1953.
In July 2015, Matthew Rhett Jeppson was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the Mint's 39th director and was given the temporary title of principal deputy director. However, the nomination was never confirmed by the Senate. Jeppson stepped down as principal deputy director in January 2017, then replaced by acting principal deputy director David Motl.
The office of director has existed since the creation of the Mint by the Coinage Act of 1792. Initially appointed serving at the pleasure of the president of the United States, the Coinage Act of 1873 specified a five-year term for directors. The director operates with general directions provided by the United States Secretary of the Treasury.
List of directors of the United States Mint The following persons served as director of the United States Mint:
Image Name Tenure Appointed by Assumed office Left office 1 April 1792June 1795 Washington 2 July 1795October 1795 3 October 1795July 1805 4 January 1806July 1824 Jefferson 5 July 1824July 1835 Monroe 6 May 1835July 1851 Jackson 7 July 1851April 1853 Fillmore 8 April 1853May 1853 Pierce 9 June 1853May 1861 10 May 1861September 1866 Lincoln 11 October 1866April 1867 Johnson 12 April 1867May 1869 13 May 1869March 1873 Grant 14 April 1873December 1878 15 February 1879June 1885 Hayes 16 July 1885October 1889 Cleveland 17 October 1889May 1893 Harrison 18 November 1893February 1898 Cleveland 19 February 1898July 1907 McKinley 20 September 1907August 1909 Roosevelt, T. 21 November 1909June 1910 Taft 22 July 1910November 1914 23 March 1915July 1916 Wilson 24 September 1916March 1917 25 March 1917March 1922 26 March 1922September 1923 Harding 27 November 1923May 1933 Coolidge 28 May 3, 1933April 1953 Roosevelt, F. 29 July 1954January 1961 Eisenhower 30 October 1961August 1969 Kennedy 31 September 1969February 1977 Nixon 32 November 1, 1977April 1, 1981 Carter 33 September 10, 1981August 1991 Reagan 34 September 1992November 24, 1993 Bush, G. H. W. 35 June 1994March 2000 Clinton 36 May 2000August 2001 37 August 7, 2001August 2, 2005 Bush, G. W. 38 September 5, 2006January 9, 2011 Acting January 10, 2011January 20, 2017 Obama ActingJanuary 20, 2017January 31, 2018 ActingFebruary 1, 2018April 11, 2018 39 April 12, 2018October 1, 2021Trump ActingOctober 1, 2021October 25, 2021 40 June 22, 2022March 31, 2025Biden ActingMarch 31, 2025January 5, 2026Trump 41 January 5, 2026PresentTrump
See also United States Mint Treasurer of the United States Chief Engraver of the United States Mint Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Master of the Mint Warden of the Mint Master of the Mint (Canada) Moneyers of the Roman Republic
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