| City Treasurer of Chicago | |
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 Seal of the City of Chicago | |
| Incumbent Melissa Conyears-Ervin since May 20, 2019 | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Website | Office of the City Treasurer of Chicago |
The City Treasurer of Chicago is an elected official of the City of Chicago.
Current occupant
Main article: Melissa ConyearsThe current City Treasurer of Chicago is Democrat Melissa Conyears. Conyears was elected by Chicago citizens on April 2, 2019, and took the oath of office on May 20, 2019. She was preceded in office by Kurt Summers. Conyears was elected in the 2019 Chicago runoff election, which also included the office of mayor, beating 47th Ward Alderperson Ameya Pawar. She is the fourth African American woman to hold to position after Stephanie Neely and Judy Rice and Barbara Lumpkin.
Duties of the Treasurer
The City Treasurer’s Office is the custodian and manager of all cash and investments for the City of Chicago, the four City employee pension funds, and the Chicago Teacher’s Pension Fund. Additionally, the Treasurer’s Office manages a number of programs that promote financial education and small business growth in Chicago’s neighborhoods. The Treasurer is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, with the Mayor and the Clerk being the others.
The City Treasurer's office operates a web page describing the office's powers and duties.
City Treasurers
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2019) |
| City Clerks | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Conyears-Ervin | 2019– | Assumed office May 20, 2019 |
| Kurt Summers | 2014–2019 | Was appointed in 2014 |
| Stephanie Neely | 2006–2014 | Was appointed in 2006 |
| Judith Rice | 2000-2006 | Was appointed in 2000 |
| Miriam Santos | 2000 | |
| Barbara Lumpkin | 1999–2000 | |
| Miriam Santos | 1989–1999 | |
| Cecil A. Partee | 1979–1989 | |
| Joseph G. Bertand | 1971–1979 | |
| Marshall Korshak | 1967–1971 | |
| William G. Milota | 1961–1967 | |
| Edmund P. Currey | 1960–1961 | Acting treasurer |
| Sidney D. Deutsch | 1957–1960 | Was appointed in 1957 |
| Morris B. Sachs | 1955–1957 | |
| David L. Hartigan | 1954–1955 | |
| William G. Milota | 1949–1954 | |
| Joseph T. Baran | 1947–1949 | |
| Raymond Drymalski | 1943–1947 | |
| Thomas S. Gordon | 1939–1943 | |
| Gustave A. Brand | 1935–1937 | |
| James A. Kearns | 1931–1935 | |
| August B. Singer | 1931 | |
| Charles S. Peterson | 1927–1931 | |
| John A. Carvenka | 1923–1927 | |
| Clayton F. Smith | 1921–1923 | |
| Henry Stuckart | 1919–1921 | |
| Clayton F. Smith | 1917–1919 | |
| Fred H. Bartlett | 1916–1917 | |
| Charles Sergel | 1915–1916 | |
| Michael J. Flynn | 1913–1915 | |
| Henry Stuckart | 1911–1913 | |
| Isaac N. Powell | 1909–1911 | |
| John E. Traeger | 1907–1909 | |
| Fred W. Blocki | 1905–1907 | |
| Ernst Hummel | 1903–1906 | |
| Charles F. Gunther | 1901–1903 | |
| Adam Ortseifen | 1899–1901 | |
| Adam Wolf | 1895–1897 | |
| Michael J. Bransfield | 1893–1895 | |
| Peter Kiołbassa | 1891–1893 | |
| Bernard Roesing | 1889–1891 | |
| C. Herman Plautz | 1887–1889 | |
| William M. Devine | 1885–1887 | |
| John H. Dunphy | 1883–1885 | |
| Rudolph Brand | 1881–1883 | |
| William C. Saipp | 1879–1881 | |
| Charles R. Larrabee | 1877–1879 | |
| Clinton Briggs | 1876–1877 | |
| Daniel O'Hara | 1873–1875 | |
| David Allen Gage | 1869–1873 | |
| William F. Wentworth | 1867–1869 | |
| Amos G. Throop | 1865–1867 | |
| David Allen Gage | 1863–1865 | |
| W.H. Rice | 1861–1863 | |
| Charles H. Hunt | 1860–1861 | |
| Alonzo Harvey City | 1858–1860 | |
| Charles N. Holden | 1857–1858 | |
| O.J. Rose | 1856–1857 | |
| William F. DeWolf | 1855–1856 | |
| Uriah P. Harris | 1854–1855 | |
| Edward Manierre | 1850–1854 | |
| William L. Church | 1848–1850 | |
| Andrew Getzler | 1847–1848 | |
| William L. Church | 1845–1847 | |
| Walter S. Gurnee | 1843–1845 | |
| Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1842–1843 | |
| N.H. Bolles | 1841–1842 | |
| Walter S. Gurnee | 1840 | |
| N.H. Bolles | 1840 | |
| George W. Dole | 1839–1840 | |
| Hiram Pearson | 1837–1839 |
References
- "Office of the City Treasurer, City of Chicago". chicagocitytreasurer.com.
- "Mayor Emanuel Announces Selection of Kurt Summers Jr. to Fill Remaining Term as City of Chicago Treasurer". City of Chicago.
- "Emanuel's treasurer appointment launches Summers into prominence". Chicago Tribune. December 12, 2014.
- "City Treasurer Neely stepping down". Chicago Tribune. October 20, 2014.
- City of Chicago's Treasurer's website http://www.chicagocitytreasurer.com/. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "The Honorable Judith C. Rice". The History Makers. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Hepp, Rick (April 17, 2000). "SANTOS RETURNS TO CITY TREASURER POST". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ Dukmasova, Maya (March 28, 2019). "More money no problems". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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