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.

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