Vermont State Treasurer

The State Treasurer's Office is responsible for several administrative and service duties, in accordance with Vermont Statutes. These include: investing state funds; issuing state bonds; serving as the central bank for state agencies; managing the state's cash balances, check processing and reconciliation; safeguarding and returning unclaimed or abandoned financial property; and administering three major pension plans for public employees.^[1] The Treasurer is fifth (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Senate, and Secretary of State, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Vermont.^[2][3][4]

State Treasurer of Vermont
Seal of the State Treasurer of Vermont
Incumbent Mike Pieciak since January 5, 2023
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Two years, no term limit
Inaugural holder	Ira Allen 1778
Formation	Constitution of Vermont
Website	State Treasurer's Office

The incumbent is Mike Pieciak who assumed in the office in January 2023. He succeeded Beth Pearce, who was appointed to the office in January, 2011 when Jeb Spaulding resigned to become Secretary of Administration in the cabinet of Governor Peter Shumlin, and has been subsequently elected. Pearce had been Spaulding's deputy.^[5][6]

List of Vermont State Treasurers (1778–present)

Image	Name	Term of Office	Political Party
	Ira Allen	1778–1786	No party affiliation
	Samuel Mattocks	1786–1800	No party affiliation
	Benjamin Swan	1800–1833	Federalist, Independent
	Augustine Clarke	1833–1837	Anti-Masonic
	Allen Wardner	1837–1838	Whig
	Henry Fisk Janes	1838–1841	Whig
	John Spaulding	1841–1846	Whig
	Elisha P. Jewett	1846–1847	Whig
	George Howes	1847–1853	Whig
	John A. Page	1853–1854	Democratic
	Henry M. Bates	1854–1860	Republican
	John B. Page	1860–1866	Republican
	John A. Page	1866–1882	Republican
	William H. Dubois	1882–1890	Republican
	Henry F. Field	1890–1898	Republican
	John L. Bacon	1898–1906	Republican
	Edward H. Deavitt	1906–1915	Republican
	Walter F. Scott	1915–1923	Republican
	Thomas H. Cave	1923–1943	Republican
	Levi R. Kelley	1943–1949	Republican
	George H. Amidon	1949–1965	Republican
	Peter J. Hincks	1965–1968	Democratic
	Madelyn Davidson	1968–1969	Democratic
	Frank H. Davis	1969–1975	Republican
	Stella B. Hackel	1975–1977	Democratic
	Emory A. Hebard	1977–1989	Republican
	Paul W. Ruse Jr.	1989–1995	Democratic
	James H. Douglas	1995–2003	Republican
	George B. "Jeb" Spaulding	2003–2011	Democratic
	Beth Pearce	2011–2023	Democratic
	Mike Pieciak	2023–present	Democratic^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Notes

1. About the Treasurer's Office page 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Vermont State Treasurer's web site, accessed November 26, 2011
2. "Constitution of the State of Vermont". Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
3. "3 V.S.A. § 1 — Vacancy, absence from State". Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
4. "20 V.S.A. § 183 — Additional successor to office of governor". Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
5. Press Release, Governor-Elect Shumlin Appoints Beth Pearce as Vermont’s Next State Treasurer 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, by Shumlin for Governor Campaign, December 20, 2010
6. News story, Deputy Vt. Treasurer to Take Top Job 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, WCAX-TV, December 20, 2010
7. Early History of Vermont, by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, page 380
8. Vermont State Treasurers, Terms of Service 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, published by Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, accessed November 26, 2011
9. Duffort, Lola (November 8, 2022). "Mike Pieciak elected Vermont's next treasurer". VTDigger.
10. Bradley, Pat (January 5, 2023). "Vermont Gov. Phil Scott delivers inaugural address as fourth term begins". WAMC Radio. Albany, NY.