Comptroller of the Treasury

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United States federal government office defunct government office

The Comptroller of the Treasury was a senior U.S. federal financial officer responsible for overseeing government accounts, auditing public expenditures, and ensuring proper management of federal funds in the early Treasury Department.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of the Auditor of the Treasury	1
Register of the Treasury	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government office ⓘ defunct government office ⓘ
abolishedBy	Act of Congress reorganizing Treasury accounting functions ⓘ
appliesTo	federal public funds of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Act establishing the Treasury Department ⓘ Act of Congress ⓘ
dateCreated	1789 ⓘ
field	government accounting ⓘ public auditing ⓘ public finance ⓘ
hasDomain	federal fiscal administration of the United States ⓘ
hasDuty	audit public expenditures of the United States government ⓘ enforce compliance with federal fiscal laws and regulations ⓘ ensure proper management of federal funds ⓘ examine and certify accounts of revenue and expenditure ⓘ issue decisions on questions involving the settlement of accounts ⓘ oversee government accounts of the United States ⓘ report financial irregularities to the Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ supervise the keeping of public accounts ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
hasPower	direct and superintend the adjustment and preservation of public accounts ⓘ prescribe forms of keeping and rendering accounts for federal officers ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Elisha Whittlesey ⓘ Gabriel Duvall ⓘ George Wolf ⓘ J. R. McCarl ⓘ James L. Wilmeth ⓘ John Steele ⓘ Levi Woodbury ⓘ Milton J. Durham ⓘ Nicholas Eveleigh ⓘ Richard Harrison ⓘ Robert B. Bowler ⓘ Robert J. Tracewell ⓘ Robert J. Walker ⓘ Robert J. Wynne ⓘ William B. Allison ⓘ William Lawrence ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
positionInOrganization	senior financial officer of the early United States Treasury Department ⓘ
precededBy	Board of Treasury ⓘ surface form: Board of Treasury (under the Articles of Confederation)
replacedBy	Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ Comptroller of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Auditor of the Treasury
reportsTo	Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: Secretary of the Treasury of the United States

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treasury Act of 1789 → definesDutiesOf → Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ

Treasury Act of 1789 → establishesOffice → Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Register of the Treasury

George Wolf → positionHeld → Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ

Comptroller of the Treasury → replacedBy → Comptroller of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Auditor of the Treasury