Banker Data Challenge by State

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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 (August 29, 2024)

State BankerBios PctDoneBios Total Bankers BankerPhotos PctDonePhotos
Pennsylvania 4529 71.3 6353 830 13.1
Iowa 2714 97.4 2786 391 14
Minnesota 1328 57.7 2300 367 16
New York 1083 21.9 4935 452 9.2
Tennessee 987 97.9 1008 175 17.4
Nebraska 978 55.3 1767 446 25.2
Ohio 889 26.2 3395 383 11.3
Maryland 830 100 830 87 10.5
Oklahoma 806 32.2 2502 218 8.7
Illinois 743 20.1 3694 288 7.8
Alabama 722 96.3 750 35 4.7
Massachusetts 703 31.6 2227 307 13.8
Texas 690 15.3 4507 300 6.7
Missouri 550 42.5 1295 126 9.7
Oregon 507 72.5 699 42 6
Washington 421 52.4 803 108 13.4
New Jersey 414 22.8 1813 85 4.7
Indiana 403 19.2 2097 136 6.5
Wisconsin 401 32.2 1245 171 13.7
Rhode Island 401 96.6 415 122 29.4
Virginia 353 32.7 1081 57 5.3
California 346 18.1 1909 243 12.7
Connecticut 336 41.9 802 171 21.3
South Dakota 313 36 869 80 9.2
Wyoming 231 90.6 255 88 34.5
Maine 226 31.1 726 67 9.2
Michigan 226 17.2 1311 147 11.2
Kansas 224 10.7 2087 104 5
North Carolina 207 35 591 53 9
North Dakota 186 17.4 1071 110 10.3
Vermont 186 34.5 539 80 14.8
Kentucky 184 14.7 1249 63 5
New Hampshire 181 34.3 528 91 17.2
Utah 173 96.6 179 109 60.9
Idaho 147 33.9 434 79 18.2
West Virginia 139 16.8 829 69 8.3
Georgia 130 15.6 835 33 4
District of Columbia 122 92.4 132 22 16.7
South Carolina 114 27.9 408 52 12.7
Colorado 113 10.9 1041 39 3.7
Arkansas 86 16.5 520 52 10
Mississippi 81 27.8 291 18 6.2
Florida 72 13.6 530 37 7
Montana 61 10.3 590 43 7.3
New Mexico 60 16.8 357 9 2.5
Delaware 47 24.7 190 3 1.6
Arizona 32 18.5 173 21 12.1
Louisiana 25 6.8 369 18 4.9
Nevada 15 18.5 81 11 13.6
Hawaii 13 72.2 18 8 44.4
Alaska 13 54.2 24 1 4.2
All States BankerBios PctDoneBios Total Bankers BankerPhotos PctDonePhotos
Totals 24743 37.8 65446 7047 10.8

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, 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.