Why is the US Treasurer always a woman?

[Indy Texas]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_United_States

We haven't had a male Treasurer since 1949.

And the last three treasurers have been Hispanic. (As have six of the last ten).

Do I, as a white male, have to resign myself to the fact that I will never be able to be Treasurer? That a glass ceiling (or, perhaps, an adobe and clay tile ceiling) will forever keep me from this post?

[Napoleon]

Maybe they were the best person for the job. What's with the racism?

[bgwah]

Or maybe your sarcasm is misplaced, and this merely shows that the real sexists prefer men in the most important positions, giving their token picks lesser positions.

[badgate]

Geithner? Dubya had a guy as well, if I recall.

[Napoleon]

Geithner? Dubya had a guy as well, if I recall.

That's the Secretary of the Treasury. Since Bay Buchanan under Regan (Pat's sister), 5 out of 6 treasurers have been Latinas.

[Indy Texas]

Geithner? Dubya had a guy as well, if I recall.

That's the Secretary of the Treasury. Since Bay Buchanan under Regan (Pat's sister), 5 out of 6 treasurers have been Latinas.

Yes. And, actually, the Secretary of the Treasury is the only cabinet position other than Defense that has never been held by a woman.

[badgate]

Hahahah oops.


Bay is a weird name.

edited to add: The West Wing's President Bartlet had a female Sec of Treasury in his second term cabinet.

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Well, it's obviously not the most important position, seeing as that its vacant about 18% of the time.