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<p>[QUOTE="hontonai, post: 345649, member: 4703"]US currency is signed by the sitting Secretary of the Treasury and Treasurer of the United States. The Secretary is a cabinet member, and the Treasurer is also a presidential appointee requiring Senate confirmation. Such office holders very rarely serve under more than one President (except for brief periods until a new President's appointees are confirmed).</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry Morganthau's record of four days over 11-1/2 years in office as Secretary of the Treasury under FDR (1/1/34-4/12/45) and Truman (4/12-7/5/45) will probably never be equalled, due to the subsequently enacted 22nd Amendment's absolute lifetime limit of 8 years for holding the office of President.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hontonai, post: 345649, member: 4703"]US currency is signed by the sitting Secretary of the Treasury and Treasurer of the United States. The Secretary is a cabinet member, and the Treasurer is also a presidential appointee requiring Senate confirmation. Such office holders very rarely serve under more than one President (except for brief periods until a new President's appointees are confirmed). Henry Morganthau's record of four days over 11-1/2 years in office as Secretary of the Treasury under FDR (1/1/34-4/12/45) and Truman (4/12-7/5/45) will probably never be equalled, due to the subsequently enacted 22nd Amendment's absolute lifetime limit of 8 years for holding the office of President.[/QUOTE]
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