Independent Treasury System

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The Independent Treasury System was a U.S. federal financial arrangement, established in the 19th century, in which the government managed its own funds through a network of sub-treasuries rather than using a central national bank.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal financial system ⓘ
abolished 1913 ⓘ
abolishedBy Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ
administeredBy Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Independent Treasury ⓘ
Subtreasury System ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator James K. Polk administration ⓘ
linked to: James K. Polk
economicImpact contributed to debates over hard money versus soft money ⓘ
reduced federal reliance on private banks ⓘ
field monetary history of the United States ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
financialPolicy kept federal funds out of private banks ⓘ
required specie payments for many federal transactions ⓘ
followedBy Federal Reserve System ⓘ
hasComponent sub-treasury in Boston ⓘ
sub-treasury in Charleston ⓘ
sub-treasury in New Orleans ⓘ
sub-treasury in New York City ⓘ
sub-treasury in Philadelphia ⓘ
sub-treasury in St. Louis ⓘ
sub-treasury in other major U.S. cities ⓘ
hasPart Treasury Department vaults ⓘ
network of sub-treasuries ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

Gilded Age ⓘ
inception 1846 ⓘ
initialEnactment Independent Treasury Act of 1840 ⓘ
initialProposalDate 1837 ⓘ
initialRepeal 1841 ⓘ
legalBasis Independent Treasury Act of 1846 ⓘ
locationOfImplementation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainFunction collection of federal revenues ⓘ
disbursement of federal expenditures ⓘ
management of federal government funds ⓘ
motivation response to the Panic of 1837 ⓘ
opposedBy Whig Party leaders ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
proposedBy Martin Van Buren ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Reserve System ⓘ
National Banking System ⓘ
Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
replaced use of state banks as federal depositories ⓘ
replaces Second Bank of the United States–style centralized banking for federal funds ⓘ
restoration 1846 ⓘ
supportedBy Democratic Party hard-money advocates ⓘ

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Second Bank of the United States → successor → Independent Treasury System ⓘ
Independent Treasury System → alsoKnownAs → Subtreasury System ⓘ
linked to: Independent Treasury System
Independent Treasury System → alsoKnownAs → Independent Treasury ⓘ
linked to: Independent Treasury System
Independent Treasury Act of 1846 → reestablished → Independent Treasury System ⓘ
sub-treasury in St. Louis → partOf → Independent Treasury System ⓘ
sub-treasury in New Orleans → partOf → Independent Treasury System ⓘ
sub-treasury in New Orleans → associatedWithPolicy → independent treasury doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Independent Treasury System
Independent Treasury Act of 1840 → implements → independent treasury system ⓘ
linked to: Independent Treasury System