California State Controller

Image:CaliforniaControllerSeal.gif The State Controller is the Chief Financial Officer of the State of California. The post has broader responsibilities and authority than the California State Treasurer. Responsibilities include investigative authority for every dollar spent by the state, and chairing the state's Board of Equalization.

The State Controller is elected to a four-year term but is limited to two terms.

Name	Party	Term
John S. Houston	Democrat	1849-1852
Winslow S. Pierce	Democrat	1852-1854
Samuel Bell	Democrat	1854-1856
George W. Whitman	American Party	1856-1857
Edward F. Burton	American Party	1857
George W. Whitman	American Party	1857-1858
Aaron R. Melony	Lecompton Democrat	1858-1860
Samuel H. Brooks	Lecompton Democrat	1860-1861
James S. Gillan	Party Unknown<ref>According to State of California records. See http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/ca_roster/2003/roster03_sec03_state_officeholders.pdf</ref>	1861-1862
Gilbert R. Warren	Republican	1862-1863
George R. Oulton	Constitutional Union Party	1863-1867
Robert Watt	Democrat	1867-1871
James J. Green	Republican	1871-1875
James W. Mandeville	Democrat	1875-1876
William B. C. Brown	Democrat	1876-1877
Daniel M. Kenfield	Republican	1877-1883
John P. Dunn	Democrat	1883-1891
Edward P. Colgan	Republican	1891-1906
A. B. Nye	Republican	1906-1913
John S. Chambers	Republican	1913-1921
Ray L. Riley	Republican	1921-1937
Harry B. Riley	Republican	1937-1946
Thomas Kuchel	Republican	1946-1953
Robert C. Kirkwood	Republican	1953-1959
Alan Cranston	Democrat	1959-1967
Houston I. Flournoy	Republican	1967-1975
Kenneth Cory	Democrat	1975-1987
Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr.	Democrat	1987-1995
Kathleen Connell	Democrat	1995-2003
Steve Westly	Democrat	2003-Present