The Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is paper currency for the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve itself is...

 within the United States Department of the Treasury

United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue...

. The current Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is Larry R. Felix

Larry R. Felix

Larry R. Felix is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who is currently the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, having held that office since January 2006.-Biography:...

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The position has existed since 1862, when the United States Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

 authorized the Treasury Department to begin printing paper money

Paper Money

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. Until the 1890s, the office was commonly known as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The Director operates with general directions provided by the United States Secretary of the Treasury

United States Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also with some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United...

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List of Directors of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....  Appointed By
Spencer M. Clark Spencer M. Clark Spencer M. Clark was the first Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau, today known as the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, from 1862 to 1868.- Public service :...	1862	1868	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
George B. McCartee George B. McCartee George B. McCartee was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who served as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1869 to 1876.-Biography:...	1869	1876	Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
Henry C. Jewell Henry C. Jewell Henry C. Jewell was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1876 to 1877.-Biography:...	1876	1877	Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
Edward McPherson Edward McPherson Edward McPherson was a prominent Pennsylvania newspaperman, attorney, and United States Congressman. As a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, he effected efforts to protect portions of the Gettysburg Battlefield.-Early life and career:McPherson was born in Gettysburg,...	1877	1878	Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...
O. H. Irish O. H. Irish Orsamus H. Irish was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who served as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1878 to 1883.-Biography:...	1878	1883	Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...
Truman N. Burrill Truman N. Burrill Truman N. Burrill was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1883 to 1885.-Biography:Truman N. Burrill was born in Elbridge, New York in 1832...	1883	1885	Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...
Edward O. Graves Edward O. Graves Edward O. Graves was a United States banker who was Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1885 to 1889.-Biography:Edward O. Graves was born in Gravesville, New York on August 3, 1843. He attended Hobart College, graduating in 1863....	1885	1889	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...
William Morton Meredith William Morton Meredith William Morton Meredith was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1889 to 1893 and from 1900 to 1906.-Biography:...	1889	1893	Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
Claude M. Johnson Claude M. Johnson Claude M. Johnson was a United States printer who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1893 to 1900.-Biography:Claude M. Johnson was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1852. He attended school in Lexington and New York....	1893	1900	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...
William Morton Meredith William Morton Meredith William Morton Meredith was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1889 to 1893 and from 1900 to 1906.-Biography:...	1900	1906	William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...
Thomas J. Sullivan Thomas J. Sullivan Thomas J. Sullivan was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1906 to 1908.-Biography:...	1906	1908	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
Joseph E. Ralph Joseph E. Ralph Joseph E. Ralph was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1908 to 1917.-Biography:...	1908	1917	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
James L. Wilmeth James L. Wilmeth James L. Wilmeth was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1917 to 1922.-Biography:...	1917	1922	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
Louis A. Hill Louis A. Hill Louis A. Hill was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1922 to 1924.-Biography:...	1922	1924	Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...
Wallace W. Kirby Wallace W. Kirby Wallace W. Kirby was an officer of the United States Army who served as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1924.-Biography:...	1924	1924	Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
Alvin W. Hall Alvin W. Hall Alvin W. Hall was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1924 to 1954.-Biography:...	1924	1954	Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
Henry J. Holtzclaw Henry J. Holtzclaw Henry J. Holtzclaw was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1954 to 1967.-Biography:...	1954	1967	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
James A. Conlon James A. Conlon James A. Conlon was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1967 to 1977.-Biography:...	1967	1977	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
Seymour Berry Seymour Berry Seymour Berry was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1977 to 1979.-Biography:...	1977	1979	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
Harry R. Clements Harry R. Clements Harry R. Clements was a United States engineer and businessman who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1979 to 1982.-Biography:Harry R. Clements was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma in 1929. He was raised in Oklahoma and Kansas...	1979	1982	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
Robert J. Leuver Robert J. Leuver Robert J. Leuver was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1983 to 1988.-Biography:Robert J. Leuver was born in 1927 and raised in Chicago and Buffalo, New York...	1983	1988	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Peter H. Daly Peter H. Daly Peter H. Daly was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1988 to 1995.-Biography:Peter H. Daly was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in 1941...	1988	1995	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Larry E. Rolufs Larry E. Rolufs Larry E. Rolufs was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1995 to 1997.-Biography:...	1995	1997	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
Thomas A. Ferguson Thomas A. Ferguson Thomas A. Ferguson was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1998 to 2005.-Biography:...	1998	2006	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
Larry R. Felix Larry R. Felix Larry R. Felix is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who is currently the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, having held that office since January 2006.-Biography:...	2006	Present	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

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