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Bank Info for NB Charter 144 (1863 - 1996)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Madison, WI
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1863-1865 Timothy Brown George A. Mason
1866-1870 George A. Mason Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke
1871-1908 Wayne Ramsay Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke
1909-1913 Wayne Ramsay A. E. Proudfit
1914-1919 M. C. Clarke A. E. Proudfit
1920-1921 M. H. Sater Frank W. Hoyt
1922-1925 M. H. Sater L. M. Hanks
1926-1928 M. H. Sater T. R. Hefty
1929-1935 R. H. Marshall T. R. Hefty
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
Original Series 3x1-2 1 - 140
Original Series 4x5 1 - 4465
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 2300
Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 368
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 3993
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 3550
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 14800
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 14801 - 54843
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 15780
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 3800
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 14506
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 3645
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Chartered Dec 9, 1863
  • Succeeded Dane County Bank
  • Absorbed 13366 Sep 30, 1932 (University Avenue NB (No Issue), Madison, WI)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into Firstar Bank Wisconsin, Madison, WI Feb 19, 1996
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1866) $309,514
High Bal (1935) $22,387,249
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1894) $22,100
High Bal (1933) $1,000,000
Total Out (1933) $1,000,000
# Large Notes 278,636
# Small Notes 135,631
# Total Notes 414,267
$ Large Size $3,342,700
$ Small Size $1,620,760
$ Total Issued $4,963,460
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Nov-25-1864 $468,632.78 $23,000.00
Oct-02-1865 $684,572.23 $40,000.00
Oct-01-1866 $309,513.74 $39,860.00
Oct-07-1867 $384,266.94 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1868 $416,357.18 $45,000.00
Oct-09-1869 $318,495.10 $45,000.00
Oct-08-1870 $333,338.54 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1871 $577,080.14 $108,000.00
Oct-03-1872 $644,167.54 $118,800.00
Sep-12-1873 $731,010.49 $118,800.00
Oct-02-1874 $735,568.87 $117,400.00
Oct-01-1875 $629,266.41 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $522,701.56 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $490,979.92 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $518,620.05 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $524,337.98 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $567,513.63 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $761,396.21 $45,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $859,134.94 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $843,171.09 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $696,889.57 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $808,002.34 $45,000.00
Oct-07-1886 $890,910.16 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $929,536.41 $22,500.00
Oct-04-1888 $901,323.41 $22,500.00
Sep-30-1889 $1,030,980.50 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1890 $1,108,468.70 $22,500.00
Sep-25-1891 $1,241,060.80 $22,500.00
Sep-30-1892 $1,210,036.31 $22,500.00
Oct-03-1893 $965,232.98 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1894 $1,101,113.12 $22,100.00
Sep-28-1895 $1,080,212.28 $22,500.00
Oct-06-1896 $1,088,999.33 $22,500.00
Oct-05-1897 $1,038,876.64 $22,500.00
Sep-20-1898 $1,219,128.62 $22,500.00
Sep-07-1899 $1,350,743.02 $22,500.00
Sep-05-1900 $1,481,506.10 $74,500.00
Sep-30-1901 $1,479,128.10 $74,400.00
Sep-15-1902 $1,392,856.19 $75,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $1,397,094.65 $75,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $1,415,903.26 $75,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $1,648,347.00 $75,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $1,607,196.00 $75,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $1,855,987.00 $73,700.00
Sep-23-1908 $1,241,490.00 $90,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $1,630,650.00 $90,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $2,189,143.00 $90,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $2,378,090.00 $90,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $2,838,351.00 $260,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $3,251,085.00 $260,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $3,266,613.00 $300,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $3,595,084.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $3,525,200.00 $300,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $4,059,754.00 $295,100.00
Aug-31-1918 $4,157,746.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $5,071,256.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $4,711,999.00 $286,900.00
Sep-06-1921 $4,456,800.00 $288,000.00
Sep-15-1922 $6,983,013.00 $298,400.00
Sep-14-1923 $7,186,173.00 $300,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $8,291,339.00 $297,400.00
Sep-28-1925 $7,758,960.00 $297,100.00
Dec-31-1926 $8,225,075.00 $294,100.00
Oct-10-1927 $8,685,495.00 $293,700.00
Dec-31-1928 $9,275,254.00 $295,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $10,444,144.00 $294,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $9,862,158.00 $297,840.00
Dec-31-1931 $9,805,000.00 $298,920.00
Dec-31-1932 $14,361,377.00 $797,480.00
Dec-30-1933 $14,607,933.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $17,978,510.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1935 $22,387,249.00 $0.00

 

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