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 (January 14, 2025)

State BankerBios PctDoneBios Total Bankers BankerPhotos PctDonePhotos
Pennsylvania 4855 76.4 6354 928 14.6
Iowa 2716 97.5 2786 487 17.5
Minnesota 1388 60 2312 380 16.4
New York 1253 25.4 4934 571 11.6
Tennessee 988 97.8 1010 235 23.3
Nebraska 978 55.4 1766 447 25.3
Ohio 954 28.1 3397 417 12.3
Illinois 882 23.9 3692 351 9.5
Oklahoma 840 33.6 2501 276 11
Maryland 830 100 830 108 13
Texas 829 18.4 4508 329 7.3
Massachusetts 797 35.8 2227 364 16.3
Alabama 720 96.3 748 57 7.6
Missouri 641 49.5 1296 232 17.9
Indiana 519 24.7 2100 184 8.8
Oregon 509 72.8 699 55 7.9
New Jersey 481 26.5 1815 103 5.7
Wisconsin 433 34.8 1246 186 14.9
Washington 425 52.8 805 110 13.7
Rhode Island 401 96.6 415 123 29.6
Kansas 388 18.6 2085 196 9.4
Virginia 381 35.1 1084 83 7.7
California 373 19.6 1904 259 13.6
South Dakota 357 40.8 875 90 10.3
Maine 348 47.7 729 78 10.7
Connecticut 344 42.9 802 176 21.9
Michigan 291 22.2 1312 194 14.8
Vermont 234 43.5 538 87 16.2
Wyoming 231 90.6 255 96 37.6
Colorado 226 21.7 1040 125 12
North Carolina 214 36.2 591 69 11.7
Kentucky 205 16.4 1249 88 7
North Dakota 201 18.8 1071 115 10.7
Idaho 200 46 435 95 21.8
New Hampshire 197 37.4 527 91 17.3
Georgia 187 22.4 834 50 6
Utah 174 97.2 179 114 63.7
West Virginia 144 17.3 830 73 8.8
District of Columbia 122 92.4 132 33 25
South Carolina 117 28.7 407 59 14.5
Montana 108 18.3 590 74 12.5
Arkansas 91 17.5 520 53 10.2
Mississippi 89 30.7 290 38 13.1
Florida 86 16.2 530 44 8.3
New Mexico 82 23 356 30 8.4
Louisiana 55 14.9 370 29 7.8
Delaware 48 25.3 190 3 1.6
Arizona 32 18.5 173 24 13.9
Nevada 15 18.5 81 12 14.8
Alaska 13 54.2 24 1 4.2
Hawaii 13 72.2 18 8 44.4
All States BankerBios PctDoneBios Total Bankers BankerPhotos PctDonePhotos
Totals 27007 41.3 65468 8430 12.9

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.