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Previous Comptrollers of the Currency

Since Hugh McCulloch, the first Comptroller of the Currency, took office in 1863, distinguished Americans—including bankers, attorneys, and a Nobel Prize winner—have led the OCC and made significant contributions to U.S. history. Learn about them here.

You may also view a list of Previous Acting Comptrollers of the Currency.

Joseph M. Otting

31st Comptroller
2017 — 2020
Thomas J. Curry

30th Comptroller
2012 — 2017
John C. Dugan

29th Comptroller
2005 — 2010
John D. Hawke Jr

28th Comptroller
1998 - 2004
Eugene A. Ludwig

27th Comptroller
1993 - 1998
Robert L. Clarke

26th Comptroller
1985 - 1992
C.T. Conover

25th Comptroller
1981 - 1985
John G. Heimann

24th Comptroller
1977 - 1981
James E. Smith

23rd Comptroller
1973 - 1976
William B. Camp

22nd Comptroller
1966 - 1973
James J. Saxon

21st Comptroller
1961 - 1966
Ray M. Gidney

20th Comptroller
1953 - 1961
Preston Delano

19th Comptroller
1938 - 1953
J.F.T. O'Connor

18th Comptroller
1933 - 1938
John W. Pole

17th Comptroller
1928 - 1932
Joseph W. McIntosh

16th Comptroller
1924 - 1928
Henry M. Dawes

15th Comptroller
1923 - 1924
D.R. Crissinger

14th Comptroller
1921 - 1923
John Skelton Williams

13th Comptroller
1914 - 1921
Lawrence O. Murray

12th Comptroller
1908 - 1913
William Barret Ridgely

11th Comptroller
1901 - 1908
Charles G. Dawes

10th Comptroller
1898 - 1901
James H. Eckels

9th Comptroller
1893 - 1897
A. Barton Hepburn

8th Comptroller
1892 - 1893
Edward S. Lacey

7th Comptroller
1889 - 1892
William L. Trenholm

6th Comptroller
1886 - 1889
Henry W. Cannon

5th Comptroller
1884 - 1886
John Jay Knox

4th Comptroller
1872 - 1884
Hiland R. Hulburd

3rd Comptroller
1867 - 1872
Freeman Clarke

2nd Comptroller
1865 - 1866
Hugh McCulloch

1st Comptroller
1863 - 1865