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The treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of treasurer and receiver-general (commonly called the "state treasurer") became an elective one in 1780.
In 1922, the Massachusetts General Court passed legislation creating the department of administration and finance. The department replaced the office of supervisor of administration and assumed many of the duties of the superintendent of buildings, Secretary of the Commonwealth, state treasurer, and state auditor. [2]
On February 27, 2014, Goldberg formally announced her candidacy for State Treasurer. [11] At the Massachusetts Democratic Convention, she was the top vote-getter in the race for Treasurer, winning 38.9% of the vote. [12] Goldberg was the first to release a televised advertisement in the race on August 4, 2014. [13]
Treasury Direct. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has also launched Treasury Hunt, a tool for users to search for "matured, uncashed savings bonds." The bonds must be more than 30 years old and ...
The 2022 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Deb Goldberg won re-election, and was challenged by Libertarian Cristina Crawford.
Massachusetts is known for its progressive politics, and is a stronghold of American Liberalism and the Democratic Party. In a 2018 Gallup poll Massachusetts was the state with the highest percentage of its population identifying as liberal and the lowest percentage identifying as conservative, at 35% and 21% respectively. [19]
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Before the current State House was completed in 1798, Massachusetts's government house was the Old State House on what is now Washington Street. For the building's design, architect Charles Bulfinch made use of two existing buildings in London : William Chambers 's Somerset House , [ 8 ] and James Wyatt 's Pantheon .