The Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee is an office established by Chapter 12 of the Public Acts of 1835-36 of Tennessee's

General Assembly A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company. Specific examples of general assembly include: Churches * General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presby ...

. Later, in 1870, the position of Comptroller became mandatory by the state constitution. The office has 12 divisions and employs over 560 people. The office's mission to the make government work better. The current Comptroller of the Treasury is

Jason Mumpower Jason Everett Mumpower (born September 22, 1973) currently serves as Tennessee's 35th Comptroller of the Treasury. He was first elected to the position by the Tennessee General Assembly on January 13, 2021. He is responsible for leading the Off ...

Duties

The Comptroller's duties are governed by statute. The office is responsible for upholding the financial integrity of the state and local governments. It is also to ensure that taxes are properly accounted for and that proceeds are spent as authorized by the

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In history

List of past comptrollers of the treasury

The first and only female to hold the office of Comptroller of Treasury is

Jeanne Bodfish Jeanne Stephenson Bodfish (January 7, 1920 — October 31, 2012) was an American politician who served as the 31st Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee from 1953 to 1955. Bodfish was Tennessee's first and only female Comptroller of the Tre ...

, serving from 1953 to 1955. William Snodgrass held the office of Comptroller of Treasury the longest, serving for 22 consecutive two-year terms from 1955 to 1999. The following have held the office of Comptroller of the Treasury in Tennessee: * Daniel Graham, 1836—1843 * Felix Zollicoffer, 1843—1849 * B.H. Sheppard, 1849—1851 * Arthur Crozier, 1851—1855 * James Luttrell, 1855—1857 * James Dunlap, 1857—1861 * Joseph Fowler, 1862—1865 * S.E. Hackett, 1865—1866 * G.W. Blackburn, 1866—1870 * E.R. Pennebaker, 1870—1873 * W.W. Hobbs, 1873 * John Burch, 1873—1875 * James Gaines, 1875—1881 * James Nolan, 1881—1883 * P.P. Pickard, 1883—1889 * J.W. Allen, 1889—1893 * James Harris, 1893—1899 * Theo King, 1899—1904 * Frank Dibrell, 1904—1913 * George Woollen, 1913—1915 * J.B. Thompson, 1915—1923 * Edgar Graham, 1923—1931 * Roy Wallace, 1931—1937 * John Britton, 1937—1938 * Marshall Priest, 1938—1939 * Robert Lowe, 1939—1945 *

Jared Maddux John Jared Maddux (July 20, 1911 – May 22, 1971) was a Tennessee politician. Career A member of the Tennessee State Senate, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and again f ...

, 1945 * Sam Carson, 1945—1946 *

, 1946—1949 * Cedric Hunt, 1949—1953 *

, 1953—1955 * William Snodgrass, 1955—1999 * John Morgan, 1999—2009 * Justin Wilson, 2009—2021 *

, 2021—present

References

{{U.S. State Auditors State agencies of Tennessee 1836 establishments in the United States

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