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. Todd 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 — 1869

• Freeman Clarke

  

  2nd Comptroller
  1865 — 1866

• Hugh McCulloch's Biography

  

  1st Comptroller
  1863 — 1865