Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Financial officer of the executive branch of the U.S. state of Texas
The Texas comptroller of public accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. The comptroller is popularly elected every four years, and is primarily tasked with collecting all state tax revenue and estimating the amount of revenue that the Texas Legislature can spend each biennium. The current comptroller is Don Huffines, who assumed office on August 1, 2026.
History
Pre-statehood
The General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas created the Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts on December 29, 1835. The duty of the comptroller was to supervise the auditor of public accounts. On December 30, 1835, John H. Money became the first comptroller.
List of comptrollers pre-statehood
John H. Money: 1835
H.C. Hudson: (1836)
Elisha M. Pease: (1837)
Francis Richard Lubbock: (1837-1839)
James Wright Simmons: (1839-1840)
James B. Shaw: (1842-1846)
Post-statehood
The predecessor to the current comptroller's office started in 1846.
The longest-serving comptrollers in Texas history are Robert S. Calvert, who held the post for 26 consecutive years for an unprecedented twelve terms; George H. Sheppard, who served for 18 years over nine two-year terms; Bob Bullock, who served for 16 years for four four-year terms and later was notable as one of the most powerful lieutenant governors in Texas history (and the namesake for the state's official history museum) and Glenn Hegar held the fourth longest-serving tenure with 10 years.
Duties currently performed by the comptroller's office were previously divided between it and the office of Texas state treasurer; however, over time the Texas Legislature transferred most of the treasurer's functions to the comptroller's office. In 1850, the comptroller's office switched from legislative branch appointment to an elected office .
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