Indiana State Auditor
Auditor of Indiana | |
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Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder |
William H. Lilly November 16, 1816 |
Formation |
Indiana Constitution 1816 |
Salary | $66,000 |
Website | www.in.gov/auditor |
The Indiana State Auditor is a constitutional and elected office in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. State of Indiana. The Auditor of Indiana is elected to a four-year term and is subject to term limits where the officeholder is bound to serving eight years out of any twelve-year period. In this position, the auditor serves as the state's chief financial officer and is in charge of the oversight of state funds and revenue. The incumbent state auditor is Republican former state representative Suzanne Crouch. Crouch has held this position since being appointed by Indiana Governor Mike Pence on January 2, 2014. In 2008, the annual salary of the auditor of Indiana was $66,000.[1]
List of auditors
Democratic-Republican Democratic Whig Republican
Territorial Auditors
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Hometown | Notes |
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1 | Peter Jones | September 5, 1805 | 1810 | Knox Co. | [2] | |
2 | William Prince | April 13, 1810 | 1813 | Democratic-Republican | Vincennes, Indiana | [3] |
3 | General Washington Johnston | January 20, 1813 | 1813 | Vincennes, Indiana | [2] | |
4 | William Prince | February 8, 1813 | 1813 | Democratic-Republican | Vincennes, Indiana | [2] |
5 | Davis Floyd | June 15, 1813 | 1814 | Democratic-Republican | Corydon, Indiana |
State Auditors
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Hometown | Notes |
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1 | William H. Lilly | November 16, 1816 | February 17, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | Corydon, Indiana | [4] |
2 | Benjamin L. Blythe | April 5, 1828 | December 4, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | Brookville, Indiana | |
3 | Morris Morris | January 21, 1829 | January 24, 1844 | Whig | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
4 | Horatio J. Harris | January 24, 1844 | January 25, 1847 | Democrat | Delphi, Indiana | |
5 | Douglass Maguire | January 25, 1847 | January 25, 1850 | Whig | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
6 | Erastus W. H. Ellis | January 25, 1850 | January 25, 1853 | Democrat | Elkhart County, Indiana | |
7 | John P. Dunn | January 25, 1853 | January 25, 1855 | Democrat | Dearborn County, Indiana | |
8 | Hiram E. Talbott | January 25, 1855 | January 26, 1857 | Republican | Putnam County, Indiana | |
9 | John W. Dodd | January 26, 1857 | January 25, 1861 | Democrat | Grant County, Indiana | |
10 | Albert Lange | January 25, 1861 | January 26, 1863 | Republican | Terre Haute, Indiana | |
11 | Joseph Ristine | January 26, 1863 | January 25, 1865 | Democrat | Fountain County, Indiana | |
12 | Thomas B. McCarthy | January 25, 1865 | January 25, 1869 | Republican | Wabash, Indiana | |
13 | John D. Evans | January 25, 1869 | January 25, 1871 | Republican | Noblesville, Indiana | |
14 | John C. Schoemaker | January 25, 1871 | January 25, 1873 | Democrat | Cannelton, Indiana | |
15 | James A. Wildman | January 25, 1873 | January 25, 1875 | Republican | Kokomo, Indiana | |
16 | Ebenezer Henderson | January 25, 1875 | January 25, 1879 | Democrat | Martinsville, Indiana | |
17 | Mahlon D. Manson | January 25, 1879 | January 25, 1881 | Democrat | Crawfordsville, Indiana | [5] |
18 | Edward H. Wolfe | January 25, 1881 | January 25, 1883 | Republican | Rushville, Indiana | |
19 | James H. Rice | January 25, 1883 | January 25, 1887 | Democrat | New Albany, Indiana | |
20 | Bruce Carr | January 25, 1887 | January 25, 1891 | Republican | Orange County, Indiana | |
21 | John O. Henderson | January 25, 1891 | January 25, 1895 | Democrat | Kokomo, Indiana | |
22 | Americus C. Daily | January 25, 1895 | January 25, 1899 | Republican | Boone County, Indiana | |
23 | William H. Hart | January 25, 1899 | January 25, 1903 | Republican | Frankfort, Indiana | |
24 | David E. Sherrick | January 25, 1903 | September 14, 1905 | Republican | Noblesville, Indiana | [6] |
25 | Warren Bigler | September 14, 1905 | November 24, 1906 | Republican | Wabash, Indiana | |
26 | John C. Billheimer | November 24, 1906 | November 24, 1910 | Republican | Washington, Indiana | |
27 | William H. O'Brien | November 24, 1910 | November 24, 1914 | Democrat | Lawrenceburg, Indiana | |
28 | Dale J. Crittenberger | November 24, 1914 | November 24, 1916 | Democrat | Anderson, Indiana | |
29 | Otto L. Klauss | November 24, 1916 | November 24, 1920 | Republican | Evansville, Indiana | |
30 | William G. Oliver | November 24, 1920 | November 24, 1922 | Republican | Franklin, Indiana | |
31 | Robert Bracken | November 24, 1922 | November 24, 1924 | Democrat | Frankfort, Indiana | |
32 | Lewis S. Bowman | December 1, 1924 | December 1, 1928 | Republican | Richmond, Indiana | |
33 | Arch N. Bobbitt | December 1, 1928 | December 1, 1930 | Republican | English, Indiana | |
34 | Floyd E. Williamson | December 1, 1930 | December 1, 1934 | Democrat | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
35 | Laurence F. Sullivan | December 1, 1934 | December 1, 1938 | Democrat | Princeton, Indiana | |
36 | Frank G. Thompson | December 1, 1938 | December 1, 1940 | Democrat | Bluffton, Indiana | |
37 | Richard T. James | December 1, 1940 | December 1, 1944 | Republican | Portland, Indiana | |
38 | Alvan V. Burch | December 1, 1944 | December 1, 1948 | Republican | Evansville, Indiana | |
39 | James M. Propst | December 1, 1948 | December 1, 1950 | Democratic | Terre Haute, Indiana | |
40 | Frank Millis | December 1, 1950 | December 1, 1954 | Republican | Campbellsburg, Indiana | |
41 | Curtis E. Rardin | December 1, 1954 | December 1, 1956 | Republican | Rensselaer, Indiana | |
42 | Roy T. Combs | December 1, 1956 | December 1, 1958 | Republican | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
43 | Albert A. Steinwedal | December 1, 1958 | December 1, 1960 | Democrat | Seymour, Indiana | |
44 | Dorothy Gardner | December 1, 1960 | December 1, 1964 | Republican | Fort Wayne, Indiana | [7] |
45 | Mark L. France | December 1, 1964 | December 1, 1966 | Democrat | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
46 | John P. Gallagher | December 1, 1966 | December 1, 1968 | Republican | Munster, Indiana | |
47 | Trudy S. Etherton | December 1, 1968 | December 1, 1970 | Republican | South Bend, Indiana | |
48 | Mary Aikins Currie | December 1, 1970 | December 1, 1978 | Democrat | Osgood, Indiana | |
49 | Charles D. Loos | December 1, 1978 | December 1, 1982 | Republican | Cicero, Indiana | |
50 | Otis E. Cox | December 1, 1982 | December 1, 1986 | Democrat | Anderson, Indiana | |
51 | Ann G. DeVore | December 1, 1986 | December 1, 1994 | Republican | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
52 | Morris Wooden | December 1, 1994 | December 1, 1998 | Republican | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
53 | Connie Kay Nass | December 1, 1999 | December 1, 2006 | Republican | Huntingburg, Indiana | |
54 | Tim Berry | December 1, 2006 | August 13, 2013 | Republican | Fort Wayne, Indiana | [6] |
55 | Dwayne Sawyer | August 19, 2013 | December 15, 2013 | Republican | Brownsburg, Indiana | [8] |
56 | Suzanne Crouch | January 2, 2014 | Incumbent | Republican | Evansville, Indiana | |
Notes
- ↑ "Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative Services Agency". State of Indiana. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- 1 2 3 Annual Reports of the Officers of State of the State of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1895), 56.
- ↑ The office of auditor was created by Congress in 1809 and filled in the next general election
- ↑ Died in office
- ↑ Was a United States Representative
- 1 2 Resigned from Office
- ↑ First woman to hold the office.
- ↑ First African-American to hold the office.
See also
Sources
- Funk, Arville L (1983) [1969]. A Sketchbook of Indiana History. Rochester, Indiana: Christian Book Press. pp. 209–210.
External links
- "Auditor of State". IN.gov. Retrieved 2008-11-23.