Banker Data Challenge by State

Banker Information page for John Jay Knox

SPMC Bank Note History Project - Banker Data Challenge by State

See how your favorite State is doing in the Banker Data Challenge and help us out with gathering basic banker bio data (full name and birth/death dates) for the SPMC Banks & Bankers Database!

We already have almost all of the bankers who would have been signing National bank notes set up in the database (currently 65,000+ bankers). But most of those bankers are just in there with their first & middle initials, which makes it hard to identify them. So, we're trying to get basic info (full name and birth/death dates) into the database for as many of these bankers as we can. This information helps us tie together multi-bank (and multi-state) bankers and also provides a good starting point for further biographical research on these bankers.

How to Submit Basic Banker Bio Data

The easiest way to help us out with gathering basic banker bio data (full name and birth/death dates) is to locate the banker's FindAGrave.com page (or Wikipedia page if a famous person) and then submit that link to the Banks & Bankers Database. This link can easily be submitted when viewing that banker's Banker Information page in the Database.

To view a banker's Banker Information page, first you need to login to the Banks & Bankers Database from the SPMC.org website. Here is a link to the Bank Note History Project home page with instructions on how to get logged into the Banks & Bankers Database.

Once you are logged into the Banks & Bankers Database, the quickest way to get to a bank officer is to click on the Officer Search button in the upper left corner. Then, on the Bank Officer Search page, just type in the charter number for the bank your banker was associated with and click on the Search button to bring up a list of the bank officers for that bank. Find the banker in the list and click on the banker's name to bring up the Banker Information page. In the Comments, Links & Sources section, you will see instructions on how to submit a BioLink for that banker. See the screenshot to the right for an example of a Banker Information page. (Click on the image to enlarge it).

After a BioLink has been submitted for a banker, a database administrator will see that, and update the banker's bio info based on the link. The Banker Data Stats by State table below will be regularly updated with the latest banker counts. Thanks for helping us out!

Current Banker Data Stats by State

In the table below, the BankerBios column shows the number of bankers with basic bio info entered for them. The Total Bankers column is the number of bankers in the database for that state (including all Presidents & Cashiers, as well as VPs and Asst Cashiers that are known to have signed bank notes). The BankerPhotos column shows the number of bankers that have had their photo uploaded. This table will be updated regularly.

The table can be sorted based on any of the columns. Just click on the column header of the column you want to sort by. Clicking again on the column header will toggle thru the three sort order options. The arrow(s) on the sort column indicate the current sort order: Both-Arrows (Up & Down) is Original/Default sort order, Up-Arrow is Ascending, Down-Arrow is Descending.

Current Banker Data Challenge Stats (April 6, 2025)

State	BankerBios	PctDoneBios	Total Bankers	BankerPhotos	PctDonePhotos
Pennsylvania	4971	78.2	6359	1075	16.9
Iowa	2716	97.5	2786	505	18.1
Minnesota	1415	61.2	2313	385	16.6
New York	1404	28.4	4935	664	13.5
Ohio	1027	30.2	3399	445	13.1
Illinois	1026	27.8	3689	434	11.8
Nebraska	991	56	1769	461	26.1
Tennessee	988	97.8	1010	249	24.7
Texas	881	19.5	4510	394	8.7
Oklahoma	847	33.9	2499	279	11.2
Maryland	830	100	830	109	13.1
Massachusetts	798	35.8	2226	365	16.4
Alabama	723	96.7	748	105	14
Missouri	642	49.6	1294	235	18.2
Indiana	553	26.3	2101	194	9.2
California	512	26.9	1902	406	21.3
Oregon	511	73	700	70	10
New Jersey	502	27.7	1815	112	6.2
Wisconsin	446	35.8	1247	189	15.2
Washington	431	53.6	804	126	15.7
Kansas	423	20.3	2087	211	10.1
Rhode Island	401	96.6	415	123	29.6
Virginia	385	35.5	1085	89	8.2
Michigan	366	27.9	1314	234	17.8
Maine	363	49.6	732	88	12
South Dakota	362	41.4	874	94	10.8
Connecticut	345	43	802	178	22.2
Vermont	236	43.9	538	89	16.5
Wyoming	231	90.9	254	99	39
Colorado	226	21.7	1040	126	12.1
Kentucky	216	17.3	1249	92	7.4
North Carolina	214	36.2	591	70	11.8
New Hampshire	202	38.3	527	102	19.4
North Dakota	201	18.8	1070	115	10.7
Idaho	200	46	435	97	22.3
Georgia	191	22.9	834	52	6.2
Utah	174	97.2	179	114	63.7
West Virginia	145	17.5	830	74	8.9
District of Columbia	122	92.4	132	35	26.5
South Carolina	117	28.7	407	59	14.5
Montana	110	18.7	589	76	12.9
Arkansas	95	18.2	522	55	10.5
Mississippi	89	30.7	290	38	13.1
Florida	86	16.2	530	44	8.3
New Mexico	83	23.3	356	30	8.4
Louisiana	64	17.2	372	30	8.1
Delaware	55	28.8	191	4	2.1
Arizona	36	20.8	173	30	17.3
Nevada	20	24.7	81	15	18.5
Alaska	13	54.2	24	2	8.3
Hawaii	13	72.2	18	8	44.4

All States	BankerBios	PctDoneBios	Total Bankers	BankerPhotos	PctDonePhotos
Totals	28000	42.8	65483	9275	14.2

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to the following people who have helped with Banker Bio information for the SPMC Banks & Bankers Database:

Mark Anderson, Fred Benson, Frank Clark, Greg Culpepper, Dan Dieter, Patrick Doughney, Julie Drengson, Mark Drengson, Jim Ehrhardt, Manning Garrett, Loren Gatch, Todd Gylsen, Matt Hansen, Shawn Hewitt, Derek Higgins, David Hollander, Raiden Honaker, Peter Huntoon, Glen Jorde, Karl Kabelac, Sullivan Labno, William Lynch, Fred Maples, Robert Pfaff, Cord Polen, Jay Prestin, Richard Radick, Cody Regennitter, Michael Saharian, Tim Sanda, Gil Sem, Adam Stroup, Steve Sweeney, Andy Timmerman, Cory Williams.