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Bank Info for NB Charter 4729 (1892 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Phoenix National Bank
Phoenix, AZ
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1892-1893 Ephraim James Bennitt James Alexander Fleming
1894-1894 A. H. Harscher James Alexander Fleming
1895-1896 C. J. Hall Franklin S. Belcher
1897-1897 C. J. Hall Eliphalet Butler Gage
1898-1900 Elisha B. Knox Eliphalet Butler Gage
1901-1901 C. J. Hall Eliphalet Butler Gage
1902-1904 Herbert James McClung Eliphalet Butler Gage
1905-1911 Robert Bashford Burmister Eliphalet Butler Gage
1912-1916 H. D. Marshall Herbert James McClung
1917-1919 William Hicks Thomson Herbert James McClung
1920-1921 Frank Langdon Thomas Herbert James McClung
1922-1923 Elkanah Parkerson Hewitt, Sr. Herbert James McClung
1924-1924 Carl Witherspoon Gibson Herbert James McClung
1925-1925 John Edward Kelley Everett Elwood Ellinwood
1926-1926 John Edward Kelley J. S. Douglas
1927-1927 John Edward Kelley Everett Elwood Ellinwood
1928-1928 James Hill Calvert Everett Elwood Ellinwood
1929-1934 James Hill Calvert Louis Henry Chalmers
1934-1935 James Hill Calvert Henry Justi Coerver
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
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 10020 Territory
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3766 Territory
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 6800
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 6801 - 32499
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 4136
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 3974
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Mar 12, 1892
  • Chartered Apr 20, 1892
  • Absorbed 5720 Jun 29, 1935 (Tempe National Bank, Tempe, AZ)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1892) $158,171
High Bal (1929) $8,582,780
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1893) $22,050
High Bal (1932) $500,000
Total Out (1934) $150,000
# Large Notes 185,140
# Small Notes 48,660
# Total Notes 233,800
$ Large Size $2,314,250
$ Small Size $725,040
$ Total Issued $3,039,290
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-30-1892 $158,171.24 $22,500.00
Oct-03-1893 $265,209.58 $22,050.00
Oct-02-1894 $273,886.74 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $412,305.62 $22,200.00
Oct-06-1896 $354,597.95 $66,600.00
Oct-05-1897 $495,965.25 $66,600.00
Sep-20-1898 $709,743.17 $61,760.00
Sep-07-1899 $855,736.31 $67,500.00
Sep-05-1900 $785,639.21 $100,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $1,015,810.34 $100,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $1,012,723.60 $100,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $899,723.10 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $862,698.14 $100,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $988,097.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $1,263,245.00 $100,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $1,496,319.00 $97,600.00
Sep-23-1908 $1,490,073.00 $97,400.00
Sep-01-1909 $1,649,904.00 $97,700.00
Sep-01-1910 $1,963,169.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $2,175,703.00 $150,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $2,096,921.00 $141,800.00
Aug-09-1913 $3,498,848.00 $146,300.00
Sep-12-1914 $2,245,414.00 $150,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $2,316,064.00 $144,800.00
Sep-12-1916 $2,933,790.00 $150,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $3,360,455.00 $126,500.00
Aug-31-1918 $3,799,565.00 $150,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $4,353,148.00 $150,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $5,086,097.00 $144,295.00
Sep-06-1921 $3,986,869.00 $145,800.00
Sep-15-1922 $3,915,665.00 $150,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $4,473,918.00 $150,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $4,484,031.00 $147,900.00
Sep-28-1925 $5,227,133.00 $146,400.00
Dec-31-1926 $6,060,161.00 $150,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $5,932,673.00 $29,293.00
Dec-31-1928 $7,516,703.00 $147,300.00
Dec-31-1929 $8,582,780.00 $150,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $7,535,612.00 $150,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $6,007,210.00 $150,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $5,801,254.00 $500,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $5,839,569.00 $402,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $6,752,363.00 $150,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $8,227,736.00 $0.00

 

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