List of presidents of the Bank of New York

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The following is a list of presidents of Bank of New York from inception in 1784 until its 2007 merger with Mellon Financial.

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History

The Walton Mansion housed the Bank of New York from 1784 to 1787. Waltonhouse.gif
The Walton Mansion housed the Bank of New York from 1784 to 1787.

The Bank of New York was formed following a June 1784 meeting at a coffee house on St. George's Square. [1] The bank operated without a charter for seven years. [2] The bank opened on June 9, 1784, with Alexander McDougall as the first president and William Seton as Cashier. [3] [4] [5] [6] Its first offices were in the old Walton Mansion in New York City. [7] [3] [4] In 1787, it moved to a site on Hanover Square that the New York Cotton Exchange later moved into. [8] [3]

The bank provided the United States government its first loan in 1789. The loan was orchestrated by Alexander Hamilton, then Secretary of the Treasury, and it paid the salaries of United States Congress members and President George Washington. [9] The Bank of New York was the first company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange when it first opened in 1792. [10] In 1796, the bank moved to a location at the corner of Wall Street and William Street, which would later become 48 Wall Street. [3] [11]

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1808 Bank of New York 3 dollar banknote

In 1969, the Bank of New York Company was established as a holding company with the Bank of New York as the largest operating unit of Company. Elliott Averett, who joined the bank in 1940, was elected president of the bank in 1968, became chief executive officer in 1973 and chairman of both the bank and the holding company in 1974. J. Carter Bacot was appointed president of the bank in 1974 and president of the holding company five years later. [12] In January 1982, Bacot became chief executive officer and chairman following the death of Averett. [13] Bacot continued to hold his other posts of president of the holding company and president and chief executive officer of the bank. [14]

Presidents

#PhotoNameTerm startTerm endRef
1 AlexanderMcdougall.jpg Alexander McDougall 17841785 [1]
2 Jeremiah Wadsworth and His Son Daniel John Trumbull 1784.jpeg Jeremiah Wadsworth 17851786 [1]
3 Isaac Roosevelt (1726-1794).jpg Isaac Roosevelt 17861791 [1]
4 John Singleton Copley - Portrait of Gulian Verplanck.jpg Gulian Verplanck†17911799 [15]
5 Nicholas Gouverneur†17991802 [15]
6 Herman Le Roy (1758-1841) 1956 38.jpeg Herman LeRoy 18021804 [15]
7 Gilbert Stuart - Matthew Clarkson - 38.61 - Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg Matthew Clarkson†18041825 [1]
8 Charles Wilkes - Gilbert Stuart.jpg Charles Wilkes 18251832 [16]
9 Cornelius Heyer by Samuel Lovett Waldo.jpg Cornelius Heyer†18321843 [1]
10 John Oothout†18431858 [1]
11 Anthony P. Halsey†18581863 [1]
12 Charles P Leverich.jpg Charles P. Leverich†18631876 [1]
13 Charles M. Fry 18761892 [17]
14 Ebenezer S. Mason†18921900 [18]
15 Herbert L. Griggs.png Herbert L. Griggs 19011922 [19] [20]
16 Edwin G. Merrill 19221931 [21]
17 John C. Traphagen 19311948 [22]
18 Albert C. Simmonds Jr. 19481957 [23]
19 Donald M. Elliman 19571961 [24]
20 Samuel H. Woolley 19621968 [25] [26] [27]
21 Elliott Averett 19681974 [12]
22 J. Carter Bacot 19741982 [28]
23 Peter Herrick 19821992 [29] [30] [31]
24 Thomas A. Renyi 19922007 [32]
†Died in office

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

#PhotoNameTerm startTerm endRef
John C. Traphagen 19481957 [33] [34]
Albert C. Simmonds Jr. 19571963 [23]
Charles M. Bliss 19631968 [35] [36]
Samuel H. Woolley 19691974 [37]
Elliott Averett†19741982 [28]
J. Carter Bacot 19821998 [28]
Thomas A. Renyi 19982007 [32]
†Died in office

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