South Carolina Treasurer

The South Carolina Office of the State Treasurer is a government organization responsible for all state government funds. The current treasurer is Republican Curtis Loftis, who assumed office January 12, 2011.

South Carolina Treasury Department [1]
Department overview
Formed1865
Headquarters1200 Senate Street, 5th Floor, Wade Hampton Building, Columbia, SC 29201
Department executive

Responsibilities

The South Carolina Treasury Department is responsible for banking the annual budget passed by the South Carolina General Assembly.[2] In 2022, the state budget was over $34 billion.[3]

List of Treasurers

Since 1865, the state treasurer has been elected at-large and serves a term of four years.

List of Treasurers of South Carolina
Treasurer[4] Party Term of office
William Hood   Republican 1865 - 1866
S. L. Leaphart   Republican 1866 - 1876
Niles G. Parker   Republican 1868 - 1872
Francis Lewis Cardozo   Republican 1872 - 1877
S. L. Leaphart   Democratic 1877 - 1881
J. P. Richardson   Democratic 1881 - 1887
I. S. Bamberg   Democratic 1887 - 1889
E. R. McIver   Democratic 1889 - 1891
W. T. C. Bates   Democratic 1891 - 1897
W. H. Timmerman   Democratic 1897 - 1901
R. H. Jennings   Democratic 1901 - 1913
S. T. Carter   Democratic 1913 - 1925
Julian Haskell Scarborough   Democratic 1926 - 1934
E.P. Miller   Democratic 1934 - 1940
Jefferson Bates   Democratic January 10, 1940 - August 17, 1966[5]

(Died)

Grady Patterson   Democratic January 17, 1966 - January 11, 1995

(Lost reelection)

Richard Eckstrom   Republican January 11, 1995 - January 11, 1999

(Lost reelection)

Grady Patterson   Democratic January 11, 1999 - January 3, 2007

(Lost reelection)

Thomas Ravenel   Republican January 3, 2007 - July 24, 2007

(Resigned)

Converse Chellis   Republican August 3, 2007 - January 12, 2011[6]

(Lost nomination)[7]

Curtis Loftis   Republican January 11, 2011 - Incumbent

Notes

    References
    1. Soderstrom, Daniel. "Site". Test. Richland Two. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
    2. "Our Responsibilities". treasurer.sc.gov. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
    3. "What is the total amount of South Carolina's state budget?". www.admin.sc.gov. Department of Administration.
    4. "South Carolina State Government". carolana.com. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
    5. "Bates, Jefferson Blakely (1896-1966)". PoliticalGraveyard.com. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
    6. Wenger, Yvonne. "Gloves come off as Chellis voted in". Post and Courrier. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
    7. "2010 Republican and Democratic Primary". scvotes.org. South Carolina Election Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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