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The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bank was chartered from February 1816 to January 1836.
The Old Second National Bank of Aurora is a historic building in Aurora, Illinois. It was designed in the Prairie School style by George Grant Elmslie, and was one of his last commissions. History. The Old Second National Bank of Aurora was designed by George Grant Elmslie in 1924.
t. e. The Bank War was a political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States (B.U.S.) during the presidency of Andrew Jackson (1829–1837). The affair resulted in the shutdown of the Bank and its replacement by state banks.
With assets at $48.5 billion and 250 banking centers, Old National Bancorp is the largest financial services bank holding company headquartered in Indiana and one of the top 30 banking companies in the U.S. Its primary banking footprint is in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The Federal Reserve System is the third central banking system in United States history. The First Bank of the United States (1791–1811) and the Second Bank of the United States (1817–1836) each had a 20-year charter. Both banks issued currency, made commercial loans, accepted deposits, purchased securities, maintained multiple branches and ...
The Second Bank of the United States opened in January 1817, six years after the First Bank of the United States lost its charter. The predominant reason that the Second Bank of the United States was chartered was that in the War of 1812 , the U.S. experienced severe inflation and had difficulty in financing military operations.
1781–1836: Bank of North America and First and Second Bank of the United States. Bank of North America. First Bank of the United States. Second Bank of the United States. 1837–1862: "Free banking" era. 1863–1913: National banks. 1907–1913: Creation of the Federal Reserve System.
Nicholas Biddle (January 8, 1786 – February 27, 1844) was an American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States (chartered 1816–1836). [1] Throughout his life Biddle worked as an editor, diplomat, author, and politician who served in both houses of the Pennsylvania state legislature.
On March 16, 1959, it incorporated the Old Philadelphia Customs House (Second Bank of the United States), which had been designated a national historic site on May 26, 1939. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
1816 – The Second Bank of the United States was chartered for 20 years. Difficulties financing the government during and after the War of 1812 overcame the resistance to central banking that lead to the expiration of the First Bank of the United States' charter five years earlier.