Date Bank Name Episode Type
November 24, 1839 Farmers & Merchants Bank Suspension → Reopening
May 1, 1847* Farmers & Merchants Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
May 16, 1848 Memphis Bank Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1852* Farmers & Merchants Bank Suspension → Reopening
August 1, 1854 Commercial Bank of Tennessee Run Only
August 16, 1854 Farmers & Merchants Bank Suspension → Closure
August 25, 1854 Memphis Bank Suspension → Closure
September 15, 1854 Mechanics Bank Suspension → Closure
August 30, 1858 Southern Bank of Tennessee Run → Suspension → Closure
August 31, 1861 Bank of West Tennessee Suspension → Reopening
August 19, 1862 Mechanics Bank Suspension → Closure
July 1, 1865* Commercial Bank of Tennessee Suspension → Closure
February 1, 1866 Bank of Memphis Suspension → Closure
March 25, 1867 Tennessee National Bank (#1225) Suspension → Closure
June 15, 1867 First National Bank (#336) Suspension → Closure
January 13, 1868 Commercial Bank of Tennessee Suspension → Closure
June 27, 1868 Merchants National Bank (#1407) Run → Suspension → Reopening
January 31, 1871 First National Bank (#336) Suspension → Closure
July 31, 1872 City Bank Suspension → Closure
July 31, 1872 Memphis City Bank Suspension → Reopening
October 27, 1872 Memphis Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
December 26, 1872 Memphis Bank Suspension → Closure
September 25, 1873 Bank of Commerce Run Only
September 25, 1873 De Soto Bank Run → Suspension → Reopening
September 25, 1873 First National Bank (#336) Run → Suspension → Reopening
September 25, 1873 Fourth National Bank (#2096) Run Only
September 25, 1873 German National Bank (#1636) Run Only
September 25, 1873 State National Bank (#2127) Run Only
September 26, 1873 Freedman's Savings & Trust Company (memphis Branch) Run → Suspension → Closure
July 18, 1879 Manhattan Bank Suspension → Reopening
August 11, 1883 First National Bank (#336) Run Only
March 11, 1889 Memphis National Bank (#3633) Suspension → Reopening
August 14, 1893 Shelby County Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
August 13, 1895 Bank of Shelby Suspension → Closure
December 27, 1905 American Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Reopening
December 27, 1905 American Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
December 27, 1905 Mechanics Bank Suspension → Closure
December 27, 1905 Merchants Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
December 27, 1905 Merchants Trust Company Run → Suspension → Closure
December 24, 1907 Memphis Bank Suspension → Closure
December 24, 1907 Memphis Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 8, 1909 Merchants Trust Company Suspension → Closure
November 11, 1910 Continental Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
August 14, 1911 All Night & Day Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
January 1, 1913* Continental Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
January 7, 1913 Chickasaw Bank & Trust Company Run → Suspension → Closure
September 24, 1913 Exchange Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
February 1, 1914* Mercantile Bank Suspension → Closure
February 9, 1914 Mercantile Bank Suspension → Closure
August 14, 1915 Mercantile National Bank (#10540) Suspension → Closure
March 24, 1919 Chickasaw Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
May 1, 1919* Bank of Commerce & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
December 1, 1919 Phoenix Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 14, 1921 Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
June 8, 1925 Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
December 7, 1926 American Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 8, 1927 American Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 19, 1927 Madison Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 19, 1927 Security Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1927 Columbia Mortgage & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1927 Columbia Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
June 29, 1928 Liberty Savings Bank & Trust Company Run → Suspension → Closure
July 7, 1928 Union & Planters Bank Run Only
January 10, 1930 American Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
April 6, 1931 Liberty Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure
January 25, 1933 Bank of Commerce Run Only
January 25, 1933 Bank of Commerce & Trust Company Run Only
* Memphis Savings Bank Suspension → Closure
* Solvent Savings Bank & Trust Company Suspension → Closure