Colorado State Treasurer

Treasurer of the
State of Colorado
Treasurer of the; State of Colorado
	Incumbent; Dave Young; since January 8, 2019
	Colorado Department of the Treasury
Term length	Four years
Website	www.colorado.gov/treasury/

The Treasurer of the State of Colorado is an elected official in the U.S. state of Colorado. The position is responsible for managing the Colorado State Treasury and the Colorado Department of the Treasury, a principal department of the state's government. The Colorado State Treasury currently manages a pool of investments worth about $6,000,000,000.

The position is one of five officials elected statewide in Colorado, along with the positions of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General. Elections for the position are held during midterm election years for a four year term, with the most recent election being held in 2022.

The current Colorado State Treasurer is Dave Young, a Democrat first elected in 2018 for a four-year term beginning on January 8, 2019. He was reelected to the position in 2022 for another four-year term.^[1]

List of treasurers

Treasurer of the Territory of Colorado

No.	Treasurer	Political party	Term of Service
1	George T. Clark	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1861–1864
2	Alexander W. Atkins	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1864–1866
3	Alexander Cameron Hunt	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1866
4	John Wanless	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1866–1867
5	Columbus Nuckolls	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1867–1870
6	George T. Clark	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1870–1874
7	David H. Moffat	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1874–1876
8	Frederick Z. Solomon	Appointed by the Governor of Colorado Territory	1876

Treasurer of the State of Colorado

No.	Treasurer	Political party	Term of Service
1	George C. Corning		1876–1879
2	Nathan C. Culver		1879–1880
3	W. C. Sanders		1881–1882
4	Fred Walsen		1883–1884
5	George R. Swallow		1885–1886
6	Peter W. Breene		1887–1888
7	William Brisbane		1889–1890
8	James N. Carlile		1891–1892
9	Albert Nance		1893–1894
10	Harry E. Mulnix		1895–1896
11	George W. Kephart		1897–1898
12	John H. Fesler		1899–1900
13	James N. Chipley		1901–1902
14	Whitney Newton		1903–1904
15	John A. Holmbert		1905–1906
16	Alfred E. Bent		1907–1908
17	W. J. Galligan		1909–1910
18	Roady Kenehan	Democratic	1911–1912
19	M. A. Leddy		1913–1914
20	Allison Stocker		1915–1916
21	Robert H. Higgins		1917–1918
22	Harry E. Mulnix		1919–1920
23	Arthur Strong		1921–1922
24	Harry E. Mulnix		1923–1924
25	W. D. MacGinnis		1925–1926
26	Harry E. Mulnix		1927
27	Herbert Fairall		1928
28	W. D. MacGinnis		1929–1930
29	John M. Jackson		1931–1932
30	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1933–1934
31	Charles Armstrong	Republican	1935–1936
32	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1937–1938
33	Charles Armstrong	Republican	1939–1940
34	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1941–1942
35	Leon Lavington	Republican	1943–1944
36	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1945–1946
37	Rodney Anderson	Republican	1947–1948
38	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1949–1950
39	Earl E. Ewing	Republican	1951–1952
40	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1953–1954
41	Earl E. Ewing	Republican	1955–1956
42	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1957–1958
43	Tim Armstrong	Democratic	1959–1962
44	Homer Bedford	Democratic	1963–1966
45	Virginia Blue	Republican	1967–1970
46	Julia Swearingen	Republican	1970
47	Palmer Burch	Republican	1971–1974
48	Sam Brown	Democratic	1975–1977
49	Roy Romer	Democratic	1977–1987
50	Gail Schoettler	Democratic	1987–1995
51	Bill Owens	Republican	1995–1999
52	Mike Coffman	Republican	1999–2005
53	Mark Hillman	Republican	2005–2006
54	Mike Coffman	Republican	2006–2007
55	Cary Kennedy	Democratic	2007–2011
56	Walker Stapleton	Republican	2011–2019
57	Dave Young	Democratic	2019–present