Comptroller of the Treasury

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United States federal government office defunct government office

The Comptroller of the Treasury was a senior U.S. federal financial officer responsible for overseeing government accounts, auditing public expenditures, and ensuring proper management of federal funds in the early Treasury Department.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Comptroller of the United States Treasury	4
Comptroller of the Treasury canonical	3
United States Comptroller of the Treasury	3
Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States	2
Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury	2
First Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States	1
First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury	1
Office of the Auditor of the Treasury	1
Register of the Treasury	1
U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101851 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Comptroller of the Treasury
Context triple: [Treasury Act of 1789, establishesOffice, Comptroller of the Treasury]

A. Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Treasury is the U.S. government’s chief financial officer and principal economic advisor, overseeing federal finances, tax policy, and the management of public debt.
B. Board of Treasury
The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.
C. General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury
The General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury is the chief legal officer and primary legal advisor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, overseeing all of its legal affairs and policies.
D. Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
The Under Secretary for Domestic Finance is a senior U.S. Treasury official responsible for overseeing federal financial policy, debt management, financial institutions, and capital markets within the United States.
E. Comptroller of New York
The Comptroller of New York is the state’s independently elected chief fiscal officer, responsible for overseeing government finances, auditing public agencies, and managing the state’s pension fund.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Comptroller of the Treasury
Target entity description: The Comptroller of the Treasury was a senior U.S. federal financial officer responsible for overseeing government accounts, auditing public expenditures, and ensuring proper management of federal funds in the early Treasury Department.

A. Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Treasury is the U.S. government’s chief financial officer and principal economic advisor, overseeing federal finances, tax policy, and the management of public debt.
B. Board of Treasury
The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.
C. General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury
The General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury is the chief legal officer and primary legal advisor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, overseeing all of its legal affairs and policies.
D. Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
The Under Secretary for Domestic Finance is a senior U.S. Treasury official responsible for overseeing federal financial policy, debt management, financial institutions, and capital markets within the United States.
E. Comptroller of New York
The Comptroller of New York is the state’s independently elected chief fiscal officer, responsible for overseeing government finances, auditing public agencies, and managing the state’s pension fund.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government office ⓘ defunct government office ⓘ
abolishedBy	Act of Congress reorganizing Treasury accounting functions ⓘ
appliesTo	federal public funds of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Act establishing the Treasury Department ⓘ Act of Congress ⓘ
dateCreated	1789 ⓘ
field	government accounting ⓘ public auditing ⓘ public finance ⓘ
hasDomain	federal fiscal administration of the United States ⓘ
hasDuty	audit public expenditures of the United States government ⓘ enforce compliance with federal fiscal laws and regulations ⓘ ensure proper management of federal funds ⓘ examine and certify accounts of revenue and expenditure ⓘ issue decisions on questions involving the settlement of accounts ⓘ oversee government accounts of the United States ⓘ report financial irregularities to the Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ supervise the keeping of public accounts ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
hasPower	direct and superintend the adjustment and preservation of public accounts ⓘ prescribe forms of keeping and rendering accounts for federal officers ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Elisha Whittlesey ⓘ Gabriel Duvall ⓘ George Wolf ⓘ J. R. McCarl ⓘ James L. Wilmeth ⓘ John Steele ⓘ Levi Woodbury ⓘ Milton J. Durham ⓘ Nicholas Eveleigh ⓘ Richard Harrison ⓘ Robert B. Bowler ⓘ Robert J. Tracewell ⓘ Robert J. Walker ⓘ Robert J. Wynne ⓘ William B. Allison ⓘ William Lawrence ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
positionInOrganization	senior financial officer of the early United States Treasury Department ⓘ
precededBy	Board of Treasury (under the Articles of Confederation) ⓘ linked to: Board of Treasury
replacedBy	Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ Office of the Auditor of the Treasury ⓘ linked to: Comptroller of the Treasury
reportsTo	Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ⓘ linked to: Secretary of the Treasury

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