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unusual facts about State Treasurer



Brian D. Burns

In 1976 Burns was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, losing a three way race to State Treasurer Stella Hackel.

Glen Gainer III

He won the Democratic primary with 63%, defeating Mark Anthony Manchin, son of former Secretary of State and State Treasurer A. James Manchin and uncle of current U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.

Nancy Worley

Worley's lawyers revealed a letter, sent by State Treasurer Kay Ivey to her employees, soliciting campaign contributions for the 2008 presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

Randy Ewing

In 2008, Ewing held a fund raiser at his home for Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, who defeated her Republican opponent, State Treasurer John N. Kennedy, to win a third term.

Risley C. Triche

Years later, he and two other Louisiana Democrats, U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier and former State Treasurer Mary Evelyn Parker, were interviewed for the 2001 book Welfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America's Poor.

Sarah Steelman

Sarah Steelman (born Sarah Hearne; May 3, 1958) is an American Republican politician from Missouri and State Treasurer from 2005 to 2009.


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Alabama Public Service Commission

Commissioner Jim Zeigler, following his single term on the PSC, ran for state supreme court, civil appeals court, state treasurer and state auditor, losing each by narrow margins, thus earning the nickname "Mr. 49%." He made a comeback in 2004 when he surprised the political establishment by defeating long-time Republican National Committeeman and former Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper, Sr. for Statewide Delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Beth Pearce

She was appointed Vermont State Treasurer by Governor Peter Shumlin in January, 2011.

Bev Perdue

On May 6, 2008, Perdue won the Democratic nomination for Governor, defeating State Treasurer Richard H. Moore and Dennis Nielsen.

Braxton Powell

As Deputy State Treasurer, Powell was responsible for assisting then-State Treasurer Jody Wagner with the day-to-day operation of the Treasury and its budget in excess of $16.4 million.

Bruce Bialosky

He worked with Patty Cafferata (later State Treasurer of Nevada and Gubernatorial candidate in 1986) and her mother, Barbara Vucanovich (who was Senator Paul Laxalt’s chief of staff and later the first member of Congress from Northern Nevada).

Bryan Norcross

Bryan was named Expert Advisor to the Academic Task Force on Hurricane Catastrophe Insurance by Florida State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson, and a member of the Governor's Committee to evaluate state response and recommend changes to the state emergency system by Governor Lawton Chiles.

Charles Platt

Charles Z. Platt (1773–?), American politician, New York State Treasurer, 1813–1817

Edward J. Samp

He ran for State Treasurer in the Republican primary against Solomon Levitan in 1930 as part of a movement to remove progressives from statewide office.

George Batten

George W. Batten (1856–1922), American businessman and politician, New York State Treasurer

George Wallace, Jr.

In 1986, Wallace was elected Alabama State Treasurer, narrowly winning the Democratic Party primary and runoff over Jim Zeigler and facing no opposition in the general election.

Jody Wagner

She was succeeded as state treasurer by deputy state treasurer Braxton Powell.

Joel Connable

Connable also did a segment called "Big Money Monday" where he traveled with State Treasurer Grady Patterson to notify people that they were owned money (unclaimed property) by the State.

Lorrainne Sade Baskerville

In 2001, Baskerville received a Certificate for Recognition for Professional Leadership from Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois State Treasurer, and a Certificate of Recognition for Community Activism from Cook County (IL) State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine.

Mercerville-Hamilton Square, New Jersey

The funds were stored by John Abbott II for state treasurer Samuel Tucker inside a tub containing broken crockery.

Robert W. Mattson, Jr.

Mattson was elected State Auditor at the age of 26, the second-youngest to attain statewide office in Minnesota; the distinction of being the youngest goes to Jim Lord, who was 25 when elected State Treasurer.

Tekamah, Nebraska

Don Stenberg, State Treasurer of Nebraska and former State Attorney General

U.S. Route 52 in North Carolina

The group had the support of the dedication from several North Carolina state agency officials that included: Governor Mike Easley, State Treasurer Richard H. Moore and NCDOT Division 11 Board Member Sam Erby.

United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2008

Other Republicans running include conservative former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis, state Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, businessman and rancher Mark Gordon of Buffalo, and retired naval captain and 2006 candidate Bill Winney who had garnered 40 percent of the vote against Cubin in the 2006 primary.

Virgil A. Richard

Richard was an Officer of the Association of the United States Army chapters in Alaska and Indiana, Commander of the Harker Heights, Texas American Legion Post and Assistant State Treasurer of the Texas Department of the American Legion.

William Cope

William T. Cope (1836–1902), Republican politician in the state of Ohio and Ohio State Treasurer

Zabita Khan

Zabita Khan was accused by Mirza Najaf Khan of high treason after allying himself with the Sikhs in order to become the official Mir Bakshi (state treasurer) of the Mughal Empire; his son Abdul Qadir Khan Rohilla was also accused of betrayal.