North Carolina State Auditor

The North Carolina State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The State Auditor is responsible for overseeing and reviewing the financial accounts of all state government agencies. The position is currently held by Beth Wood.

Although the position of state auditor dates back at least to 1862, the Office of the State Auditor was created by the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, by which it became an elected office. Prior to 1862, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed state comptrollers and boards of auditors in various parts of the state.^[1]

List of North Carolina State Auditors

Auditors of Public Accounts

#	Office Holder	Term of Office	Political Party
1	Samuel F. Phillips	1862–1864
2	Richard H. Battle	1864–1865

State Auditors

#	Office Holder	Term of Office	Political Party
3	Henderson Adams	1868–1873
4	John Reilly	1873–1877
5	Samuel L. Love	1877–1881
6	William Paul Roberts	1881–1889
7	George W. Sandlin	1889–1893
8	Robert M. Furman	1893–1897	Democratic[2]
9	Hal W. Ayer	1897–1901	Populist[3]
10	Benjamin F. Dixon	1901–1910	Democratic[4]
11	Benjamin F. Dixon, Jr.	1910–1911	Democratic
12	William Wood	1911–921	Democratic
13	Baxter Durham	1921–1937	Democratic
14	George Ross Pou	1937–1947	Democratic
15	Henry L. Bridges	1947–1981	Democratic
16	Edward Renfrow	1981–1993	Democratic
17	Ralph Campbell, Jr.	1993–2005	Democratic
18	Les Merritt	2005–2009	Republican
19	Beth Wood	2009–present	Democratic

References

1. NC Office of the State Auditor History
2. NCpedia
3. The Frederick Douglass Foundation
4. Biographical History of North Carolina

External links

• Official State Auditor website
• Partial History of NC Auditor Races at OurCampaigns.com