Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== The predecessor to the current comptroller's office started in 1846. The longest-serving Comptrollers in Texas history were [[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; and [[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). 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. The last State Treasurer, [[Martha Whitehead]], successfully campaigned for office in 1994 on the premise of abolishing the position and transferring its few remaining duties to the comptroller's office; upon winning she successfully campaigned the legislature for a [[Texas Constitution|Constitution]]al amendment in 1995 to formally abolish the Treasurer's office which was approved by voters in November of that year. By 1996, the comptroller had taken over the Treasurer's few remaining duties. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page