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Edwin M. Gill (1899-1978) served as North Carolina State Treasurer from 1953 to 1977. He was known as “Mr. Integrity” during his more than 30 years of service as a public finance official.
Born in Laurinburg, North Carolina, Gill practiced law there and represented Scotland County in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He worked as Governor O. Max Gardner’s private secretary from 1931-1933.
Gill became the first head of the North Carolina Parole Commission in 1933 before serving as the state Commissioner of Revenue for much of the 1940s. He was federal internal revenue collector for the state from 1950 until 1953, when he was appointed state treasurer by Governor William B. Umstead upon the resignation of Treasurer Brandon Hodges. He went on to be elected and re-elected as Treasurer until he chose not to run for re-election in 1976. Under his direction, the state attained the highest possible credit rating.
He was Commissioner of Revenue.