North Carolina State Auditor

The North Carolina State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The State Auditor is responsible for overseeing and reviewing the financial accounts of all state government agencies. The position is currently held by Beth Wood.

Although the position of state auditor dates back at least to 1862, the Office of the State Auditor was created by the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, by which it became an elected office. Prior to 1862, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed state comptrollers and boards of auditors in various parts of the state.[1]

List of North Carolina State Auditors

Auditors of Public Accounts

#Office HolderTerm of OfficePolitical Party
1Samuel F. Phillips1862–1864Appointed, not elected
2Richard H. Battle1864–1865Appointed, not elected

State Auditors

#Office HolderTerm of OfficePolitical Party
3Henderson Adams1868–1873Republican[2]
4John Reilly1873–1877Republican[3]
5Samuel L. Love1877–1881Democratic[4]
6William Paul Roberts1881–1889Democratic[5]
7George W. Sandlin1889–1893
8Robert M. Furman1893–1897Democratic[6]
9Hal W. Ayer1897–1901Populist[7]
10Benjamin F. Dixon1901–1910Democratic[8]
11Benjamin F. Dixon, Jr.1910–1911Democratic
12William Wood1911–1921Democratic
13Baxter Durham1921–1937Democratic
14George Ross Pou1937–1947Democratic
15Henry L. Bridges1947–1981Democratic
16Edward Renfrow1981–1993Democratic
17Ralph Campbell, Jr.1993–2005Democratic
18Les Merritt2005–2009Republican
19Beth Wood2009–presentDemocratic

References

  1. ↑ NC Office of the State Auditor History
  2. ↑ NC Newspapers
  3. ↑ Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate
  4. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopedia
  5. ↑ Hamlet Messenger
  6. ↑ NCpedia
  7. ↑ The Frederick Douglass Foundation
  8. ↑ Biographical History of North Carolina
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