Date Bank Name Episode Type
September 13, 1814 Bank of the Metropolis Suspension → Reopening
April 1, 1834* Bank of Washington Suspension → Reopening
April 1, 1834* Patriotic Bank Suspension → Reopening
April 14, 1834 Patriotic Bank Suspension → Closure
June 4, 1836 Bank of Washington Suspension → Reopening
January 1, 1837* Bank of the Metropolis Suspension → Reopening
January 1, 1837* Mechanics Bank Suspension → Reopening
May 12, 1837 Bank of Washington Run → Suspension → Reopening
May 12, 1837 Bank of the Metropolis Run → Suspension → Reopening
May 16, 1837 Bank of Metropolis Run → Suspension → Unsure
October 12, 1839 Bank of Washington Suspension → Reopening
October 12, 1839 Patriotic Bank Suspension → Reopening
July 27, 1852 Bank of the Union Run → Suspension → Closure
October 10, 1852 Bank of the Republic Run Only
October 11, 1852 Citizens Savings Bank Run Only
October 11, 1852 Exchange Bank Run Only
October 11, 1852 Mechanics Bank Run Only
October 11, 1852 Merchants Bank Run Only
October 13, 1852 Patriotic Bank Run Only
October 19, 1852 Potomac Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1854* Farmers & Merchants Bank Suspension → Closure
November 13, 1854 Exchange Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
November 15, 1854 Selden, Withers & Co. Run → Suspension → Closure
September 13, 1857 Banks of Washington Suspension → Reopening
September 14, 1857 Pairo & Nourse Suspension → Closure
September 23, 1857 Bank of Metropolis Run → Suspension → Unsure
September 26, 1857 Bank of Washington Run → Suspension → Unsure
September 26, 1857 Bank of the Metropolis Run → Suspension → Unsure
September 26, 1857 Patriotic Bank Run → Suspension → Unsure
September 26, 1857 Washington Savings Bank Run Only
November 1, 1860* Banks of Washington Suspension → Reopening
January 1, 1866* National Bank of the Metropolis (#526) Suspension → Closure
May 4, 1866 Maury & Co. Suspension → Reopening
May 4, 1866 Merchants Bank Suspension → Closure
May 5, 1866 Merchants National Bank (#627) Run → Suspension → Closure
February 9, 1869 National Metropolitan Bank (#1069) Suspension → Closure
October 17, 1871 Freedman's Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
October 17, 1871 Freedmen's Bank Run Only
October 17, 1871 Freedmen's Savings Bank Run Only
October 17, 1872 Freedmen's Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1873* Washington City Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1873* Washington City Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 11, 1873 Second National Bank (#2038) Suspension → Reopening
March 11, 1873 Washington City Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
September 19, 1873 Bank of Washington Run Only
September 19, 1873 First National Bank (#26) Run → Suspension → Closure
September 19, 1873 Freedman's Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
September 19, 1873 Freedmans Savings & Trust Company Run → Suspension → Closure
September 19, 1873 Freedmen's Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
September 19, 1873 National Savings Bank Run Only
September 26, 1873 Fant, Washington & Co. Suspension → Reopening
September 29, 1873 German American Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
September 29, 1873 National Metropolitan Bank (#1069) Suspension → Reopening
October 2, 1873 Lewis Johnson & Co. Suspension → Reopening
July 1, 1874* Freedman's Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
July 2, 1874 Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Suspension → Closure
April 1, 1876 Security Savings & Commercial Bank Suspension → Closure
October 29, 1876 Freedman's Bank Suspension → Closure
December 28, 1876 Freedmen's Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
September 4, 1877 Washington City Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 21, 1878 Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Suspension → Closure
September 16, 1878 H. E. Offley & Co. Suspension → Closure
October 31, 1878 German American National Bank (#2358) Suspension → Closure
October 31, 1878 German American Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
October 31, 1878 German National Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1878* German-American Bank Suspension → Closure
March 26, 1879 Freedmans Savings & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
June 6, 1879 Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1880* German American Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
February 6, 1880 German-American Bank Suspension → Closure
July 7, 1880 German National Bank Suspension → Closure
January 18, 1881 Freedmans Savings & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 26, 1881 Central National Bank Suspension → Closure
March 4, 1881 Second National Bank (#2038) Suspension → Reopening
May 30, 1881 Bank of Washington Suspension → Reopening
May 30, 1881 Middleton & Co. Suspension → Reopening
May 30, 1881 National Bank of the Republic (#875) Suspension → Reopening
May 30, 1881 National Metropolitan Bank (#1069) Suspension → Reopening
May 30, 1881 National Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
August 25, 1881 German American Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1882* German National Bank Suspension → Closure
March 8, 1882 Freedmen's Bank Suspension → Closure
June 1, 1882 Freedmen's Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
July 27, 1882 Washington Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1883* Freedman's Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
May 14, 1884 National Metropolitan Bank (#1069) Suspension → Closure
May 31, 1884 D. W. Middleton & Co. Run → Suspension → Closure
May 31, 1884 Middleton & Co. Run → Suspension → Closure
June 1, 1884* J. H. Squier & Co. Run → Suspension → Closure
June 2, 1884 National Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Reopening
October 23, 1884 H. D. Cooke & Co. Suspension → Closure
February 17, 1886 J. H. Squier & Co. Suspension → Closure
July 5, 1887 Middleton & Co. Suspension → Closure
November 24, 1890 Citizens Savings Bank Run Only
March 1, 1891* Washington National Bank Suspension → Closure
December 4, 1891 Lewis Johnson & Co. Run Only
June 24, 1893 Columbia National Bank (#3625) Suspension → Reopening
August 7, 1893 Washington Loan & Trust Company Run → Suspension → Reopening
December 13, 1894 Fidelity Building and Loan Association Suspension → Closure
January 28, 1896 Northeastern Savings and Deposit Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
August 11, 1897 National Bank of the Republic (#875) Suspension → Closure
December 31, 1897 Ohio National Bank (#4522) Suspension → Closure
December 19, 1898 Freedman's Bank Suspension → Closure
December 19, 1898 Freedmen's Bank Suspension → Closure
March 15, 1899 Capital Trust Company Suspension → Closure
August 23, 1901 United Banking and Trust Company Suspension → Closure
September 24, 1901 American Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
April 12, 1902 Capital Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
April 10, 1903 United Banking and Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1904* Capital Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
April 4, 1904 American Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
October 19, 1906 Aetna Banking and Trust Company (Washington branch) Suspension → Closure
October 24, 1906 Peoples Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
November 17, 1906 Washington Loan & Trust Company Run Only
December 31, 1906 Traders National Bank (#4244) Suspension → Closure
March 7, 1907 American Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
July 31, 1907 Union Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 7, 1908 Continental Trust Company Suspension → Closure
February 29, 1908 American National Bank (#6716) Suspension → Closure
July 1, 1908* First Co-operative Building Association Suspension → Closure
August 18, 1909 First Co-operative Building Association Suspension → Closure
February 21, 1910 Columbia National Bank (#3625) Suspension → Reopening
April 2, 1910 Capital Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
December 29, 1910 Washington Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 7, 1911 United States Trust Company Suspension → Closure
November 16, 1912 Washington National Bank Suspension → Closure
November 18, 1913 United States Trust Company Run → Suspension → Closure
November 21, 1913 United States Trust Company Run → Suspension → Closure
December 17, 1913 Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
May 11, 1914 Commercial National Bank (#7446) Suspension → Closure
November 16, 1914 Lewis Johnson & Co. Suspension → Closure
July 12, 1915 American Security & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
December 15, 1916 Washington Mechanics Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
November 25, 1917 United States Trust Company Suspension → Closure
June 5, 1920 United States Trust Company Suspension → Closure
February 26, 1921 Munsey Trust Company Suspension → Closure
August 10, 1924 Munsey Trust Company Run Only
December 8, 1926 Standard National Bank (#12139) Suspension → Closure
August 30, 1929 Park Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1930* Commercial National Bank (#7446) Suspension → Closure
January 18, 1930 Continental Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 27, 1931 Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Suspension → Closure
February 4, 1931 Federal National Bank (#10316) Run → Suspension → Closure
February 4, 1931 Perpetual Building Association Run Only
February 5, 1931 Capital Savings Bank Run Only
January 1, 1932* North Capitol Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
May 10, 1932 Anacostia Bank Suspension → Reopening
July 13, 1932 Bank of Brightwood Suspension → Closure
July 13, 1932 Bank of Brightwood Suspension → Closure
July 14, 1932 Departmental Bank Suspension → Closure
July 14, 1932 Departmental Bank Suspension → Closure
July 14, 1932 International Exchange Bank Suspension → Closure
July 14, 1932 International Exchange Bank Suspension → Closure
July 14, 1932 North Capitol Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
July 16, 1932 Mount Vernon Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Reopening
July 16, 1932 Northeast Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1933* Northeast Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1933* Park Savings Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1933* Potomac Savings Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1933* Seventh Street Savings Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1933* Washington Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
February 27, 1933 Commercial National Bank (#7446) Run → Suspension → Closure
February 28, 1933 Continental Trust Company Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Bank of Brightwood Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933 Chevy Chase Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Reopening
March 1, 1933 District National Bank (#9545) Run → Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Federal American National Bank & Trust Company (#10316) Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Franklin National Bank (#10504) Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933 National Bank (#3425) Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* North Capital Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933 Park Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Potomac Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Potomac Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Potomac Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933 Security Savings & Commercial Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 1, 1933* Seventh Street Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Seventh Street Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* United States Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* United States Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933 Washington Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1933* Woodridge Langdon Savings & Commercial Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 5, 1933 Industrial Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 6, 1933 Federal American National Bank (#10316) Suspension → Closure
March 6, 1933 Hamilton National Bank (#12194) Suspension → Reopening
March 6, 1933 Park Savings Suspension → Closure
March 6, 1933 Riggs National Bank (#5046) Suspension → Reopening
March 14, 1933 Franklin National Bank (#10504) Suspension → Reopening
March 14, 1933 United States Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 31, 1933 Park Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
May 13, 1933 Washington Savings Suspension → Closure
May 18, 1933 Northeast Savings Suspension → Closure
September 1, 1933* Hamilton Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1933 Seventh Street Savings Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1934* Mechanics Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 1, 1934* Washington Mechanics Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
January 13, 1935 National Bank (#3425) Suspension → Closure
February 9, 1935 Park Savings Suspension → Closure
October 14, 1935 Federal American National Bank & Trust Company (#10316) Suspension → Closure
January 12, 1936 Seventh Street Savings Suspension → Closure
January 12, 1936 Washington Savings Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1936* Park Savings Suspension → Closure
March 1, 1936* Prudential Bank Suspension → Closure
June 30, 1936 Northeast Savings Suspension → Closure
July 18, 1936 Fidelity Building & Loan Association Suspension → Reopening
July 18, 1936 Fidelity Building and Loan Association Suspension → Reopening
August 2, 1936 North Capital Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
September 4, 1936 International Exchange Bank Suspension → Closure
December 31, 1936 Mount Vernon Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
February 16, 1937 Munsey Trust Company Suspension → Closure
July 2, 1937 Prudential Bank Suspension → Closure
December 16, 1937 Departmental Bank Suspension → Closure
March 6, 1938 Park Savings Suspension → Closure
June 4, 1938 Northeast Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
August 23, 1938 Washington National Bank Suspension → Closure
September 11, 1938 Northeast Savings Suspension → Closure
September 11, 1938 Potomac Savings Suspension → Closure
September 11, 1938 Washington Savings Suspension → Closure
June 30, 1939 Prudential Bank Suspension → Closure
July 29, 1939 Industrial Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
March 24, 1940 Potomac Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
September 30, 1941 Industrial Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
September 30, 1941 Prudential Bank Suspension → Closure
December 7, 1943 United States Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
December 2, 1946 Columbia National Bank (#3625) Suspension → Reopening
* Freedman's Bank Suspension → Closure
* Freedmans Savings & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
* Freedmen's Bank Suspension → Closure
* Industrial Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
* North Capital Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
* Selden, Withers & Co. Suspension → Closure