List of Chancellors of the United States (Hamilton)

The office of Chancellor of the United States was established in 1840 under Governor Anderw Jackson (who was 73 at the time) to aid the governor with the day to-day funstions of government. The office is vacant when the governor is in good enough health to manage the government without much aid. Usually the governor has become elderly beofre a Chancellor is appointed.

The Chancellor is appointed by the governor and approved by Congress, though Congress has, in some cases, been the de facto appointer. The office is styled "Chancellor" rather than "Prime Minister" due solely to a cosmetic aversion to the latter which was present at the time of its creation.