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The Solicitor of the Treasury position was created in the United States Department of the Treasury by an act of May 29, 1830 4 Stat. 414, which changed the name of the Agent of the Treasury.[1][2][3]

Function

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The Solicitor of the Treasury served as legal advisor to the department, and examined Treasury officers' official bonds and related legal documents. He also supervised all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States. In addition, he established regulations to guide customs collectors, issued distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, and administered lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts.[4]

Predecessor agencies

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Position abolished

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The position of Solicitor of the Treasury was abolished by an act of May 10, 1934 (48 Stat. 759).[6]

Successor agency

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The Solicitor of the Treasury's position was succeeded by the Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury.[7][8]

List of Solicitors of the Treasury

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Parties

  Democrat   Republican   Whig

Status
  Denotes an Acting Solicitor of the Treasury
No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office
1 Virgil Maxcy[9] Maryland May 29, 1830 June 15, 1837
2 Henry D. Gilpin[9] Pennsylvania June 16, 1837 January 11, 1840
3 Matthew Birchard[9] Massachusetts January 16, 1840 March 17, 1841
4 Charles B. Penrose[9] Pennsylvania March 17, 1841 March 4, 1845
5 Seth Barton[9] Louisiana March 25, 1845 May 27, 1847
6 Ransom H. Gillet[9] New York May 27, 1847 October 30, 1849
7 John C. Clark[9] New York October 31, 1849 October 25, 1852
8 George F. Comstock[9] New York November 15, 1852 March 30, 1853
– Gilbert Rodman[9]
Acting 		Pennsylvania March 30, 1853 April 8, 1853
9 John Carroll LeGrand[9] Maryland April 8, 1853 May 2, 1853
10 Albert Constable[9] Maryland May 2, 1853 June 3, 1853
11 Farris B. Streeter[9] Pennsylvania June 3, 1853 December 1, 1857
12 Junius Hillyer[9] Georgia December 1, 1857 February 13, 1861
– Benjamin F. Pleasants[9]
Acting 		Kentucky February 13, 1861 March 28, 1861
13 Edward Jordan[9] Ohio March 28, 1861 April 15, 1869
14 Everett C. Banfield[9] Massachusetts April 15, 1869 June 22, 1874
15 Bluford Wilson[9] Illinois June 22, 1874 July 24, 1876
16 George F. Talbot[9] Maine July 24, 1876 July 1, 1877
17 Kenneth Rayner[9] North Carolina July 1, 1877 March 5, 1884
18 Henry S. Neal[10] Ohio July 2, 1884 April 13, 1885
19 Alexander McCue[11][12] New York April 13, 1885 1888
20 Charles S. Cary[11] New York 1888 1889
21 William P. Hepburn[11] Iowa 1889 1893
22 Felix A. Reeve[11] Tennessee 1893 1897
23 Maurice D. O'Connell[11][13] Iowa 1897 1910
24 William T. Thompson[14][15][16] Nebraska 1910 1913
– Felix A. Reeve[17]
Acting 		Tennessee 1913 1914
25 Lawrence Becker[18][19] Indiana 1915 1922
26 Richard Randolph McMahon[20][21] West Virginia 1922 1926
27 Robert J. Mawhinney[22][23] Maryland 1926 1932

References

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  1. ^ Newspaper article, Congress, The Pittsburgh Gazette, June 8, 1830
  2. ^ Newspaper article, Solicitor of the Treasury, Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald, August 27, 1830
  3. ^ Newspaper article, Twenty-first Congress in Session; In Senate, January 7, 1831, American & Commercial Daily Advertiser, January 10, 1831
  4. ^ The Treasury Department and its Various Fiscal Bureaus, Their Origin, Organization, and Practical Operations, by Robert Mayo, 1847, page 255
  5. ^ Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
  6. ^ The United States Government Manual, 2009-2010, published by National Archives and Records Administration, 2009, page 634
  7. ^ Newspaper article, Prettyman Ousted From Revenue Post; Morgenthau In Revamping Tax Machinery Lets Marylander Go; Post to New Yorker; Secretary Also Asks Congress To Create General Counsel To Treasury, Baltimore Sun, January 31, 1934
  8. ^ Newspaper article, Congress Aims to Take Back Former Power, The Daily Times (Rochester and Beaver, Pennsylvania), March 29, 1934
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Poore, Benjamin Perley (1878). The political register and congressional directory: a statistical record of the Federal Officials...1776-1878. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. p. 230.
  10. ^ Register of the Department of Justice and the Judicial Officers of the United States, by United States Department of Justice, 1885, page 4
  11. ^ a b c d e Register of the Department of Justice, published by United States Department of Justice, 1908, page 216
  12. ^ Magazine column, This Month's News, March 18 to April 14, The United Service magazine, Volume 12, 1885, page 585
  13. ^ Biography of Maurice D. O'Connell, from Historical Sketches of Franklin County and its Several Towns, by Frederick J. Seaver, Malone, New York, published by J.B. Lyon Company, Albany, New York, 1918
  14. ^ Newspaper article, New Solicitor for Treasury, Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 1910
  15. ^ Bender's Lawyers' Diary and Directory for the State of New York, 1912, published by Matthew Bender (Firm), Albany, New York, 1912, page 21
  16. ^ Newspaper article, William T. Thompson; Nebraskan Once Solicitor of the United States Treasury, New York Times, June 21, 1939
  17. ^ "Congress Reasonable with Bank Directors". The Ottawa Daily Republic. December 3, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved October 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  18. ^ Hammond Mayors Past entry, Lawrence Becker, Hammond, Indiana Online City Guide, accessed June 11, 2011
  19. ^ Newspaper article, Lawrence F. Becker; Retired Jurist in Indiana Once Mayor of Hammond, New York Times, March 14, 1947
  20. ^ Prominent Men of West Virginia, by George Wesley Atkinson and Alvaro Franklin Gibbens, 1890, page 699
  21. ^ State of Iowa Official Register, published by Iowa Secretary of State, 1925, page 572
  22. ^ State of Iowa Official Register, compiled and published by Iowa Secretary of State, 1927, page 491
  23. ^ Newspaper article, Robert Mawhinney, Lawyer and Author, New York Times, November 19, 1954
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