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The Pennsylvania Treasurer is the head of the Pennsylvania Department of the Treasury, which is the custodian of virtually all the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's funds.

Robert McCord was elected Treasurer in the November 2008 general election

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2008

Pennsylvania's election for Treasurer was held on November 4, 2008. Democratic incumbent Treasurer Robin Wiessmann had been appointed by Governor Ed Rendell to fill Bob Casey Jr.'s term when he was elected to the U.S...

and took office in January 2009.

List of Pennsylvania Treasurers

Name	Term	Party
Samuel Carpenter Samuel Carpenter Samuel Carpenter was a Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania. He signed the historic document "The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test" dated 10 September 1695; the original is in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania...	4 June 1704–1710, 1711–1713
David Rittenhouse David Rittenhouse David Rittenhouse was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman and public official...	1777–1789
Christian Febiger Christian Febiger Hans Christian Febiger was an American Revolutionary War commander, confidante of General George Washington and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati...	1789–1797
Peter Baynton	1797–1801
Jacob Carpenter	1801–1802
Isaac Weaver	1802–1807
William Findlay	1807–1817
R. M. Crain	1817–1820
John B. Trevor John B. Trevor (Pennsylvania politician) John B. Trevor was Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1820 to 1821. He also served as Prothonotary of Fayette County, Pennsylvania from 1822 to 1824 and was the first cashier of the Connellsville Navigation Company, serving from 1816 to 1819....	1820–1821
William Clark	1821–1827
Alexander Mahon	1827–1835
Joseph Lawrence Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania) Joseph Lawrence was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:Joseph Lawrence was born near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania. He moved with his widowed mother to a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1789, and attended the common schools...	1835–1836
Daniel Sturgeon Daniel Sturgeon Daniel Sturgeon was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate....	1836–1840
Almon H. Reed	1840–1841
John Gilmore John Gilmore (representative) John Gilmore was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Gilmore born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1780. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Washington...	1841–1842
Job Mann Job Mann Job Mann was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816...	1842–1845
James Ross Snowden James Ross Snowden James Ross Snowden was treasurer of the United States Mint from 1847 to 1850, and director of the Mint from 1853 to 1861. A notable numismatist of his day, Snowden contributed to such publications as Bouvier's Law Dictionary as well as publishing several numismatic works of his own.-Published...	1845–1847
John Banks John Banks (United States) John Banks was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Banks was born near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1819...	1847–1848
Arnold Plumber	1848–1849
Gideon J. Ball	1849–1850
John M. Bickel	1850–1854
Joseph Bailey Joseph Bailey (congressman) Joseph Bailey was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Bailey was born in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a hatter, which he carried on in Parkersville, Pennsylvania. He served in the...	1854–1855	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Eli Slifer	1855–1856
Henry S. Magraw	1856–1859
Eli Slifer	1859–1861
Henry D. Moore	1861–1863	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
William V. McGrath	1863–1864
Henry D. Moore	1864–1865	Republican
William H. Kemble	1865–1868
W. W. Irwin	1868–1869
Robert W. Mackey	1869–1870
W. W. Irwin	1870–1871
Robert W. Mackey	1871–1876
Henry Rawle	1876–1878
Amos C. Noyes	1878–1880
Samuel Butler	1880–1882
Silas M. Bailey	1882–1884
William Livsey	1884–1886
Matthew Quay Matthew Quay Matthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality...	1886–1887	Republican
William Livsey	1887–1888
William B. Hart	1888–1889
William Livsey	1889–1890
Henry K. Boyer	1890–1892
John W. Morrison	1892–1894
Samuel M. Jackson	1894–1896
Benjamin J. Haywood	1896–1898
James S. Beacom	1898–1900	Republican
James E. Barnett	1900–1902
Frank G. Harris	1902–1904
William L. Mathues William L. Mathues William L. Mathues was a former Treasurer of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Mathues was one of the people convicted in connection to the Pennsylvania State Capitol graft scandal. He died of pneumonia in 1908 before he was supposed to go to prison.- References :...	1904–1906	Republican
William H. Berry William H. Berry William H. Berry was a former Treasurer of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He also was the mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania shortly in 1905, before resigning to run for Treasurer. Berry was born on September 9, 1852 in Edwardsville, Illinois. Berry died on June 19, 1928 in a hospital in Chester.-...	1906–1908	Democratic
John O. Sheatz	1908–1911	Republican
Charles Frederick Wright Charles Frederick Wright Charles Frederick Wright was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles F. Wright was born in Forest Lake Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Montrose Academy in 1874, and worked as a teller for the First National Bank of Montrose, Pennsylvania,...	1911–1913	Republican
Robert K. Young	1913–1917	Republican
Harmon M. Kephart	1917–1921	Republican
Charles A. Snyder	1921–1925	Republican
Samuel S. Lewis Samuel S. Lewis Samuel S. Lewis was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943.Lewis was born in York, Pennsylvania. He also served as Pennsylvania State Auditor General and Pennsylvania State Treasurer....	1925–1929	Republican
Edward Martin	1929–1933	Republican
Charles A. Waters	1933–1937	Republican
F. Clair Ross	1937–1941	Democratic
G. Harold Wagner G. Harold Wagner The text below is a faithful transcript of an obituary published in the April 21, 1960 edition of the Wilkes-Barre Record newspaper. Grammatical and potential spelling errors are included below exactly as found in the 1960 newspaper article. The purpose of this transcript is to provide an...	1941–1945	Republican
Ramsey S. Black	1945–1949	Democratic
Charles R. Barber	1949–1953	Republican
Weldon B. Heyburn	1953–1957	Republican
Robert F. Kent	1957–1961	Republican
Grace M. Sloan	1961–1965	Democratic
Thomas Z. Minehart	1965–1969	Democratic
Grace M. Sloan	1969–1977	Democratic
Robert E. Casey	1977–1981	Democratic
R. Budd Dwyer	1981–1987	Republican
G. Davis Greene, Jr.	1987–1989	Democratic
Catherine Baker Knoll Catherine Baker Knoll Catherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008.-Background:...	1989–1997	Democratic
Barbara Hafer Barbara Hafer Barbara Hafer is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.-Early political career:...	1997–2005	Republican
Bob Casey, Jr. Bob Casey, Jr. Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Jr. is the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Pennsylvania Treasurer, and Pennsylvania Auditor General. He is the son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr..He is the first Democrat elected to a full term in...	2005–2007	Democratic
Robin L. Wiessmann Robin Wiessmann Robin L. Wiessmann served as Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2009. She was appointed by Governor Ed Rendell in 2007. She was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on April 30, 2007 to fill the unexpired term of Bob Casey who resigned to take his United States Senate seat...	2007–2009	Democratic
Robert McCord Robert McCord Robert M. "Rob" McCord is the Treasurer of Pennsylvania.- Biography :Born on March 5, 1959, Robert Maxwell McCord was born in California. When he was 10 he moved to Ardmore PA and later attended Lower Merion High School. After graduating from Lower Merion High, McCord took a year off and then went...	2009–present	Democratic

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