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 Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and t ...

. The current director is Leonard R. Olijar. The position has existed since 1862, when the

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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 The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

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 ...

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Edward McPherson Edward McPherson (July 31, 1830 – December 14, 1895) was an American newspaper editor and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as multiple terms as the Clerk of the House of Representatives ...

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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

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Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A ...

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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 ...

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Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

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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 ...

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, Thomas J. Sullivan , 1906 , 1908 ,

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, Joseph E. Ralph , 1908 , 1917 ,

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, James L. Wilmeth , 1917 , 1922 ,

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, Louis A. Hill , 1922 , 1924 ,

Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...

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, 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 ...

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, Alvin W. Hall , 1924 , 1954 ,

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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 ...

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

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, James A. Conlon , 1967 , 1977 , Lyndon B. Johnson , - ,

, Seymour Berry , 1977 , 1979 ,

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, Harry R. Clements , 1979 , 1982 ,

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, 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 ...

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, Peter H. Daly , 1988 , 1995 ,

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, Larry E. Rolufs , 1995 , 1997 ,

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, 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 ...

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Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...

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United States Department of the Treasury 1862 establishments in the United States