• Office of Commissioner of the Revenue established in 1786
  
• Constitutional status acquired in 1851
  
• Constitutional Convention 1901-1902
  
• Office made appointive by the General Assembly in 1906
  
• Office made elective by the General Assembly in 1908
  
• Constitutional Amendment approved for four-year terms in 1910
  
• Compensation Board formed in 1930’s (to determine salaries)
  
• Office today is structured similar to the 1930’s