Pennsylvania Auditor General

Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Seal of the auditor general of Pennsylvania
Incumbent Timothy DeFoor since January 19, 2021
Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively
Formation	1809 (elected from 1850)
Website	paauditor.gov

The Pennsylvania auditor general is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850. The current auditor general of Pennsylvania is Republican Timothy DeFoor.

History

The office of the auditor general of Pennsylvania was created in 1809 by the General Assembly. The auditor general was appointed by the governor until 1850, when it became a statewide elective office. The terms were for three years, until a constitutional amendment in 1909 increased the terms to four years.

Responsibilities

The auditor general performs financial audits of state agencies, municipal governments, school districts, public sector pensions, entities that receive state funding support (such as certain universities and hospitals), and corporate tax returns. These audits are designed as an accountability mechanism and serve to ensure that public money is spent in an appropriate manner. Additionally, the auditor general undertakes performance audits, which are designed to determine program efficiency and effectiveness, of certain organizations, such as veteran's homes, prisons, and mental health centers.[1]

List of auditors general

Name	Term	Party
George Bryan Jr.	1809–1821	Democratic
James Duncan	1821–1824	Democratic-Republican Party
David Mann	1824–1830	Democratic-Republican
Daniel Sturgeon	1830–1836	Democratic
Nathaniel P. Hobart	1836–1839	Anti-Masonic Party
George R. Espy	1839–1842	Democratic
William F. Packer	1842–1845	Democratic
John N. Purviance	1845–1851	Democratic
Ephraim Banks	1851–1857	Democratic
Jacob Fry Jr.	1857–1860	Democratic
Thomas E. Cochran	1860–1863	Republican
Isaac Slenker	1863–1866	Democratic
John F. Hartranft	1866–1872	Republican
Harrison Allen	1872–1875	Republican
Justus F. Temple	1875–1878	Democratic
William P. Schell	1878–1881	Democratic
John A. Lemon	1881–1884	Republican
Jerome B. Niles	1884–1887	Republican
A. Wilson Norris	1887–1888	Republican
Thomas McCamant	1888–1892	Republican
David McMurtrie Gregg	1892–1895	Republican
Amos H. Mylin	1895–1898	Republican
Levi G. McCauley	1898–1901	Republican
Edmund B. Hardenbergh	1901–1904	Republican
William Preston Snyder	1904–1907	Republican
Robert K. Young	1907–1910	Republican
A.E. Sisson	1910–1913	Republican
Archibald W. Powell	1913–1917	Republican
Charles A. Snyder	1917–1921	Republican
Samuel S. Lewis	1921–1925	Republican
Edward Martin	1925–1929	Republican
Charles A. Waters	1929–1933	Republican
Frank E. Baldwin	1933–1937	Republican
Warren R. Roberts	1937–1941	Democratic
F. Clair Ross	1941–1944	Democratic
Ted A. Rosenberg	1945	Democratic
G. Harold Wagner	1945–1949	Democratic
Weldon Brinton Heyburn	1949–1953	Republican
Charles R. Barber	1953–1957	Republican
Charles C. Smith	1957–1961	Republican
Thomas Z. Minehart	1961–1965	Democratic
Grace M. Sloan	1965–1969	Democratic
Bob Casey Sr.	1969–1977	Democratic
Al Benedict	1977–1985	Democratic
Donald A. Bailey	1985–1989	Democratic
Barbara Hafer	1989–1997	Republican
Bob Casey Jr.	1997–2005	Democratic
Jack Wagner	2005–2013	Democratic
Eugene DePasquale	2013–2021	Democratic
Timothy DeFoor	2021–	Republican

See also

• Governor of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Attorney General
• Pennsylvania General Assembly
• Pennsylvania State Capitol
• Pennsylvania Treasurer

External links

• Office of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania