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Federal Reserve Bank Presidents 1914 - Present

This report was originally prepared by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and covered the years 1914-1979. Currently, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis maintains this information.

Please note: The change of title from "Governor" to "President" became effective March 1, 1936.
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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Dennis Lockhart 03/01/2007 - present        
Jack Guynn 01/01/1996 -
10/01/2006		 Retired FRBA    
Robert P. Forrestal 12/07/1983 - 01/01/1996 Retired FRBA    
William F. Ford 08/01/1980 - 10/01/1983 Resigned FRBA    
Monroe Kimbrel 02/01/1968 - 03/31/1980 Retired FRBA    
Harold T. Patterson 10/01/1965 - 01/31/1968 Retired FRBA    
Malcolm Bryan 04/01/1951 - 09/30/1965 Retired FRB 10/1965 p. 1411
W. S. McLarin Jr. 05/09/1941 - 03/01/1951 Retired FRB 03/1951 p. 276
Robert S. Parker 02/18/1939 - 03/28/1941 Died in office FRB 04/1941 p. 310
Oscar Newton 01/16/1935 - 02/13/1939 Died in office FRB 03/1939 p. 172
Eugene R. Black 08/16/1934 - 12/19/1934 (2nd term) Died in office AR 1934 p. 19
Eugene R. Black 01/13/1928 - 05/18/1933 (1st term) --      
M. B. Wellborn 03/01/1919 - 12/31/1927 Resigned FRB 01/1928 p. 7
Joseph A. McCord 11/16/1914 - 03/01/1919 Elected FR Agent FRB 03/1919 p. 201
AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBA - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Eric Rosengren 07/23/2007 - present        
Cathy E. Minehan 07/13/1994 -
07/22/2007		 Retired FRBB    
Richard F. Syron 01/01/1989 - 03/31/1994 Resigned FRBB    
Frank E. Morris 08/15/1968 - 12/31/1988 Retired      
George H. Ellis 03/01/1961 - 06/30/1968 Resigned FRBB    
Joseph A. Erickson 12/15/1948 - 02/28/1961 Retired FRB 03/1961 p. 302
Laurence F. Whittemore 03/01/1946 - 10/04/1948 Resigned FRB 10/1948 p. 1239
Ralph E. Flanders 05/01/1944 - 02/28/1946 Retired FRB 03/1946 p. 255
William W. Paddock 04/01/1942 - 05/01/1944 Retired FRB 05/1944 p. 435
Roy A. Young 09/01/1930 - 03/31/1942 Resigned FRB 04/1942 p. 326
Wm. P.G. Harding 01/16/1923 - 04/07/1930 Died in office AR 1930 p. 26
Charles A Morss 12/20/1917 - 12/31/1922 Resigned AR 1923 p. 24
Alfred L Aiken 11/25/1914 - 12/20/1917 Resigned AR 1917 p. 19
AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBB - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Charles L. Evans 09/01/2007 - present        
Michael H. Moskow 09/01/1994 -
08/31/2007		 Retired FRBC    
Silas Keehn 07/01/1981 - 08/31/1994 Retired FRBC    
Robert P. Mayo 07/29/1970 - 04/01/1981 Retired FRBC    
Charles J. Scanlon 01/04/1962 - 04/15/1970 Resigned FRBC    
Carl E. Allen 10/01/1956 - 12/31/1961 Resigned FRB 01/1962 p. 37
Clifford S. Young 03/01/1941 - 02/29/1956 Retired FRBC    
George J. Schaller 03/02/1934 - 02/28/1941 Retired BGAR 1941 p. 21
James B. McDougal 10/23/1914 - 03/01/1934 Retired FRBC    
BGAR - Board of Governors Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBC - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Sandra Pianalto 02/01/03 -
present		        
Jerry L. Jordan 03/10/1992 - 01/31/2003 Resigned FRBCL    
W. Lee Hoskins 09/21/1987 - 11/15/1991 Resigned FRBCL    
Karen N. Horn 05/01/1982 - 04/08/1987 Resigned FRBCL    
Willis J. Winn 09/01/1971 - 04/30/1982 Retired FRBCL    
W. Braddock Hickman 05/01/1963 - 11/28/1970 Died in office FRB 12/1970 p. 963
Wilbur D. Fulton 05/14/1953 - 04/30/1963 Retired FRB 05/1963 p. 644
Ray M. Gidney 11/01/1944 - 04/16/1953 Resigned* FRB 05/1953 p. 473
Matthew J. Fleming 01/19/1935 - 09/15/1944 Retired FRB 10/1944 p. 965
Elvadore R. Fancher 11/02/1914 - 01/16/1935 Died in office FRB 02/1935 p. 74
*Appointed Comptroller of Currency

FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBCL - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Richard W. Fisher 4/4/2005 - present   FRBD    
Helen Holcomb* 11/2004 - 4/3/05 Interim FRBD 11/2004  
Robert D. McTeer Jr. 02/1991 -
11/2004		 Resigned FRBD 11/2004  
Robert H. Boykin 01/01/1981 - 01/31/1991 Retired FRBD    
Ernest T. Baughman 01/01/1975 -12/31/1980 Retired FRBD    
Philip E. Coldwell 02/01/1968 -10/09/1974 Resigned FRB 11/1974 p. 799
Watrous H. Irons 02/15/1954 - 02/01/1968 Retired FRBD    
R. R. Gilbert 04/13/1939 - 09/01/1953 Retired FRB 09/1953 p. 952
B. A. McKinney 10/05/1931 - 04/02/1939 Died in office FRB 05/1939 p. 356
Lynn P. Talley 07/01/1925 - 10/01/1931 Resigned FRB 10/1931 p. 557
B. A. McKinney 01/16/1922 - 05/16/1925 Resigned AR 1925 p. 16
R. L. VanZandt 04/06/1915 - 01/07/1922 Not re-elected      
Oscar Wells 10/16/1914 - 02/24/1915 Resigned AR 1915 p. 6
*Interim

AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBD - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Thomas M. Hoenig 10/01/1991 -
present		   FRBKC    
Roger Guffey 03/01/1976 - 10/01/1991 Retired FRB 03/1976 p. 280
George H. Clay 03/01/1961 - 02/29/1976 Retired FRBKC    
H. G. Leedy 08/28/1941 - 03/01/1961 Retired BGAR 1941 p. 22
George H. Hamilton 01/07/1932 - 02/28/1941 Retired FRBKC    
W. J. Bailey 07/01/1922 - 01/07/1932 Retired AR 1922 p. 12
J. Z. Miller Jr. 01/04/1916 - 07/01/1922 Resigned FRBKC    
Charles M. Sawyer 10/16/1914 - 01/04/1916 Appt. Chairman      
AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBKC - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Gary H. Stern 03/21/1985 -
present		        
E. Gerald Corrigan 08/01/1980 - 12/31/1984 Resigned FRBM    
Mark H. Willes 04/16/1977 - 06/30/1980 Resigned FRBM    
Bruce K. MacLaury 07/01/1971 - 02/28/1977 Resigned FRB 03/1977 p. 430
Hugh D. Galusha Jr. 05/01/1965- 01/31/1971 Died in office FRB 02/1971 p. 163
Frederick L Deming 04/01/1957 - 01/31/1965 Appt. Under Sec'y Treas. FRBM    
Oliver S. Powell 07/01/1952 - 03/31/1957 Appt. Economic Advisor FRBM    
John N. Peyton 03/01/1936 - 06/30/1952 Retired FRB 07/1952 p. 776
W. B. Geery 09/27/1927 - 03/01/1936 Designated Chair & Agent FRB 03/1936 p. 145
Roy A. Young 10/01/1919 - 09/26/1927 Appt. to Board of Governors AR 1927 p. 13
Theodore Wold 10/27/1914 - 10/01/1919 Retired AR 1919 p. 18
AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBM - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Timothy F. Geithner 11/17/03 -
present		        
Jamie B. Stewart* 06/11/03 - 11/17/03 Resigned FRBNY    
William J. McDonough 07/19/1993 - 06/11/03 Retired FRBNY    
E. Gerald Corrigan 01/01/1985 - 07/19/1993 Retired FRBNY    
Anthony M. Solomon 04/01/1980 - 01/01/1985 Retired FRBNY    
Paul A. Volcker 08/01/1975 - 08/02/1979 Appt. Chairman Board of Governors FRB 08/1979 p. 631
Alfred Hayes 08/01/1956 - 08/01/1975 Retired FRBNY/AR 1975 p. 34
Allan Sproul 01/01/1941 - 06/30/1956 Resigned FRB 07/1956 p. 708
George L. Harrison 11/22/1928 - 12/31/1940 Resigned FRB 01/1941 p. 24
Benjamin Strong 10/05/1914 - 10/16/1928 Died in office FRB 11/1928 p. 739
*Interim

AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBNY - Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Charles I. Plosser 08/01/2006 - present        
Anthony M. Santomero 07/10/2000 -
03/31/2006		 Retired FRBP    
Edward G. Boehne 02/01/1981 - 05/31/2000 Retired FRBP    
David P. Eastburn 03/01/1970 - 01/31/1981 Retired FRBP    
Karl R. Bopp 03/01/1958 - 02/28/1970 Retired FRBP    
Alfred H. Williams 07/01/1941 - 02/28/1958 Retired FRB 03/1958 p. 299
John S. Sinclair 03/13/1936 - 06/30/1941 Resigned FRB 06/1941 p. 517
George W. Norris 03/03/1920 - 02/29/1936 Retired AR 1936 p. 38
E. P. Passmore 02/08/1918 - 03/01/1920 Resigned AR 1920 p. 26
Charles J. Rhoads 10/08/1914 - 02/08/1918 Resigned AR 1918 p. 27
AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBP - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Jeffrey M. Lacker 08/01/04 -
present		        
J. Alfred Broaddus Jr. 01/01/1993 - 07/31/04 Retired FRBR    
Robert P. Black 08/06/1973 - 12/31/92 Retired FRB/FRBR 08/1973 p. 606
Aubrey N. Heflin 04/01/1968 - 01/16/1973 Died in office FRB 01/1973 p. 35
Edward A. Wayne 03/01/1961 - 03/31/1968 Retired AR 1968 p. 17
Hugh Leach 03/12/1936 - 02/28/1961 Retired FRB 03/1961 p. 302
George J. Seay 10/05/1914 - 02/29/1936 Retired FRBR    
AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBR - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
James B. Bullard 04/01/2008 -
present		        
William Poole 03/23/1998 -
03/31/2008		 Retired      
Thomas C. Melzer 06/01/1985- 01/31/1998 Resigned      
Theodore H. Roberts 02/01/1983 - 12/31/1984 Resigned AR 1984 p. 2
Lawrence K. Roos 03/22/1976 - 01/31/1983 Retired AR 1983 p. 3
Darryl R. Francis 01/17/1966 - 02/29/1976 Retired FRB 03/1976 p. 280
Harry A. Shuford 10/01/1962 - 01/16/1966 Resigned FRB 01/1966 p. 43
Delos C. Johns 02/01/1951- 02/28/1962 Retired FRB 03/1962 p. 300
Chester C. Davis 04/16/1941 - 02/01/1951 Resigned FRB 02/1951 p. 163
Wm. McC. Martin 01/16/1929 - 02/28/1941 Retired BGAR 1941 p. 21
David C. Biggs 02/05/1919 - 12/31/1928 Resigned FRB 02/1929 p. 96
Rolla Wells 10/28/1914 - 02/05/1919 Resigned AR 1919 p. 14
AR - Annual Report
BGAR - Board of Governors Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO

President Term of office Reason for Termination Source Date Page
Janet L. Yellen 06/14/2004 -
present		        
Robert T. Parry 02/04/1986 - 06/01/2004 Retired FRBSF    
John J. Balles 09/25/1972* - 02/01/1986 Retired      
Eliot J. Swan 03/01/1961 - 06/01/1972 Retired FRB 10/1972 p. 942
H. N. Mangels 03/01/1956 - 02/28/1961 Retired FRB 03/1961 p. 302
C. E. Earhart 10/17/1946 - 03/01/1956 Retired FRBSF Press Release 02/1976  
Ira Clerk 01/01/1946 - 09/28/1946 Died in office FRB 10/1946 p. 1142
William A. Day 04/01/1936 - 12/31/1945 Retired FRB 01/1946 p. 32
John U. Calkins 05/06/1919**- 02/29/1936 Retired FRB 03/1936 p. 111
James K. Lynch 08/07/1917 - 04/26/1919 Died in office AR 1919 p. 18
Archibald Kains 11/25/1914 - 07/05/1917 Resigned AR 1917 p. 29
* Biography compiled by Frank O'Brien of the Board of Governors
** 5/2/1919 - AR 1919 p. 499

AR - Annual Report
FRB - Federal Reserve Bulletin
FRBSF - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

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