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The Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the United States Department of the Treasury. The current director is Leonard R. Olijar. The position has existed since 1862, when the United States Congress authorized the Treasury Department to begin printing paper money. 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.


List of directors of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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Spencer M. Clark Spencer M. Clark (June 3, 1811  – December 10, 1890) was the first Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau, today known as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, from 1862 to 1868. Public service Spencer Morton Clark was born in Ve ...
, 1862 , 1868 , Abraham Lincoln , - , , George B. McCartee , 1869 , 1876 ,
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
, - , , Henry C. Jewell , 1876 , 1877 ,
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
, - , , Edward McPherson , 1877 , 1878 , Rutherford B. Hayes , - , ,
O. H. Irish Orsamus Hylas Irish (1830–1883) 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 O. H. Irish, son of Horatio Nelson Irish and Mary (Clark ...
, 1878 , 1883 , Rutherford B. Hayes , - , , Truman N. Burrill , 1883 , 1885 , Chester A. Arthur , - , ,
Edward O. Graves Edward O. Graves (3 August 1843 – 1909) 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 C ...
, 1885 , 1889 , Grover Cleveland , - , ,
William Morton Meredith William Morton Meredith (1835–1917) 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 William Morton Meredith was born in ...
, 1889 , 1893 , Benjamin Harrison , - , , Claude M. Johnson , 1893 , 1900 , Grover Cleveland , - , ,
William Morton Meredith William Morton Meredith (1835–1917) 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 William Morton Meredith was born in ...
, 1900 , 1906 , William McKinley , - , , Thomas J. Sullivan , 1906 , 1908 , Theodore Roosevelt , - , , Joseph E. Ralph , 1908 , 1917 , Theodore Roosevelt , - , , James L. Wilmeth , 1917 , 1922 , Woodrow Wilson , - , , Louis A. Hill , 1922 , 1924 , Warren G. Harding , - , , Wallace W. Kirby , 1924 , 1924 ,
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...
, - , , Alvin W. Hall , 1924 , 1954 ,
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...
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Henry J. Holtzclaw Henry J. Holtzclaw (November 28, 1897 – January 15, 1969) 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 Henry J. Holtzclaw was born in Virgi ...
, 1954 , 1967 , Dwight D. Eisenhower , - , , James A. Conlon , 1967 , 1977 , Lyndon B. Johnson , - , ,
Seymour Berry Seymour Berry (November 22, 1922 – December 6, 2008) 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 Seymour Berry was born in New York Cit ...
, 1977 , 1979 , Jimmy Carter , - , , Harry R. Clements , 1979 , 1982 , Jimmy Carter , - , , Robert J. Leuver , 1983 , 1988 ,
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
, - , , Peter H. Daly , 1988 , 1995 ,
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
, - , , Larry E. Rolufs , 1995 , 1997 , Bill Clinton , - , , Thomas A. Ferguson , 1998 , 2006 , Bill Clinton , - , , Larry R. Felix , 2006 , 2015 ,
George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
, - , , Leonard R. Olijar , 2015 , Present , Barack Obama , - SourceDirectors from BEP website
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United States Department of the Treasury 1862 establishments in the United States