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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies
Department of Banking
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Published histories/articles |
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List of Commissioners
Agency Web page
Statutory Authority :
CGS Titles 36a and 36b and related laws.
1837, per
1838 General Statutes Title VI, Connecticut Bank Commissioners were
established.
1915, replaced by the Connecticut Bank Commissioner per 1915 Public
Acts, chpt. 29.
1951, the Bank Commissioner became the head of the Connecticut Banking
Department.
1979, January 1, Banking Department was reorganized into the Connecticut
Division of Banking, a division of the
Dept. of Business Regulation, per P.A. 77-614.
1980, July 1, the Dept. of Business Regulation was eliminated, and the
Division of Banking was made the Dept. of Banking, per P.A. 80-482.
Published Histories/Articles :
Armstead, George B. The State Services of Connecticut. Published
under the direction of the Committee on Public Information and the House
Committee on Publications of the General Assembly of the State of
Connecticut. 1946. pp. 54-59. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G25 ar]
Archived Department of Banking Web site, as harvested on 2007-03-29, by the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.
Agency Documents in the State Library
Collections :
Check the State Library catalog,
CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency
available in the State Library :
Connecticut. Bank Commissioners.
Connecticut. Bank Commissioner.
Connecticut. Banking Dept.
Connecticut. Division of Banking.
Annual Reports are located in :
[CSL
Call Number
ConnDoc Ba22r]
1947-2001, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call
Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the
online version
State Archives Record Group : RG 014
Name |
Years of Service |
William Mather Jr. |
1840 |
Gurdon Trumbull Ezra Chappell |
1841-1842 |
William Mather Jr. J.C. Palmer F.S. Wildman |
1843 |
Ezra Chappell William Mather Jr. Nelson Brewster |
1845-1846 |
Geo. S. Catlin W. S. Holabird Edwin Stearns |
1847 |
Nelson Brewster John Dunham Henry T. Huggins |
1848 |
Nelson Brewster Henry G. Taintor Starr Ferry |
1849 |
Starr Ferry I.W. Stuart John Hooker |
1850 |
Frederick Chittenden William A. Judson John W. Stedman |
1851 |
Charles Marvin Mason Cleveland D. J. Warner |
1852 |
Edward Phelps John W. Stedman William A. Judson |
1853 |
Latham Hull Jr. Horace Taylor |
1854 |
Selah Strong D.C. Pendleton John Gallup 2nd |
1855 |
W. A. Weaver Henry Martin J. E. Dunham |
1856 |
.E. Dunham Henry Martin Benj. Noyes |
1857 |
James E. Dunham Benjamin Noyes George H. Noble |
1858 |
Benjamin Noyes George H. Noble Thomas Clark |
1859 |
George H. Noble Thomas Clark F. St. John Lockwood |
1860 |
Thomas Clark F. St. John Lockwood William Brown |
1861 |
F. St. John Lockwood William Brown Andrew Mygatt |
1862 |
William Brown Andrew B. Mygatt Ebenezer Carpenter |
1863 |
A. B. Mygatt Ebenezer Carpenter Thomas Cowles |
1864 |
Ebenezer Carpenter Thomas Cowles Rufus S. Matthewson |
1865 |
Thomas Cowles R. S. Mathewson |
1866 |
Thomas Cowles |
1867-1871 |
Thomas Cowles |
1872 |
Lucius L Holmes |
1873-1874 |
Lucien W. Sperry George M. Landers |
1875 |
Lucien W. Sperry James W. Hyatt |
1876-1877 |
Lucien W. Sperry Charles Bard |
1878 |
James W. Hyatt William Faxon |
1879-1881 |
James W. Hyatt Samuel Q. Porter |
1882-1883 |
James W. Hyatt Thomas W. Williams |
1884-1887 |
G. M. Landers C. H. Noble |
1888-1889 |
Chas. Griswold Stephen Goodrich |
1890-1893 |
Edward R. Doyle Edwin A. Buck |
1894-1895 |
Edward R. Doyle Sidney W. Crofut |
1896 |
Sidney W. Crofut Charles H. Noble |
1897-1899 |
Charles H. Noble George F. Kendall |
1900-1906 |
Charles H. Noble Norris S. Lippitt |
1907-1911 |
Norris S. Lippitt |
1911-1914 |
Fred. P. Holt |
1911-1915+ |
Everett J. Sturges |
1915-1922 |
John J. Bissland |
1922-1922 |
John B. Byrne |
1922-1927 |
Lester E. Shippee |
1927-1931 |
George J. Bassett |
1931-1933 |
Walter Perry |
1933-1943 |
Richard Rapport |
1943-1951 |
Lynwood K. Elmore |
1951-1955 |
Henry H. Pierce Jr. |
1955-1960 |
Philip Hewes |
1960-1970 |
Gerald A. Lamb |
1970-1971 |
James E. Hagen |
1971-1975 |
Lawrence Connell Jr. |
1975-1977 |
David H. Neiditz |
1977-1981 |
Brian J. Woolf * |
1982-1985 |
Howard B. Brown Jr.** |
1986-1991 |
Ralph M. Shulansky |
1991-1995 |
John P. Burke |
1995-Sept. 29, 2006 |
| Howard F. Pitkin | Sept. 2006-Present |
+Prior to 1915 two or three Banking Commissioners served concurrently
*Served as Acting Banking Commissioner from Dec. 31, 1981 to March 30, 1982
**Served as Acting Banking Commissioner from September 13, 1985 to Feb. 2, 1986
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 6/2008.