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Choosing San Francisco to Head the Twelfth Federal Reserve District
1. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Historical Papers Series
2011-01: Choosing San Francisco to Head the Twelfth Federal Reserve District
Choosing San Francisco to Head
the Twelfth Federal Reserve District
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s negotiations began regarding where to locate Federal Reserve regional
headquarters across the nation, San Francisco was an early contender
as a major financial center in the West. Simply being established as a
banking center was not enough, though, and the city had to prove that
it could meet the needs of a diverse region.
Selection Criteria for Federal Reserve Headquarters
When organizers began exploring where to locate headquarters for Federal Reserve
Districts, they formed a committee to establish a set of selection criteria. According
to Section 2 of the Federal Reserve Act, the Reserve Bank Organization Committee—
consisting of Secretary of Treasury William G. McA-
doo, Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston, and
Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams—
was charged with nominating at least eight and as
many as twelve cities that would serve as headquarters
for district banks.
They based their decision on a variety of criteria,
including (1) the ability of member banks within the
proposed district to meet the $4 million required
minimum capital and surplus; (2) the economic con-
nections of the constituent states within a proposed
district; (3) the ability of the Federal Reserve Bank to
adequately serve the needs of business from that loca-
tion; (4) a fair distribution of available capital across
William McAdoo (on left) and all districts; (5) transport and communication linkages of the district and the desig-
David Houston (on right) served nated headquarters city; and (6) composition of economic activity and economic
as a two-man panel for most of development of the proposed district. The Federal Reserve Board could later readjust
the Reserve Bank Organization
the districts and form new districts, so long as the number did not exceed twelve
Committee hearings due to a
delay in the appointment of John (Reserve Bank Organization Committee 1914a).
Skelton Williams as Comptroller
of the Currency. The committee began hearings in New York City on January 15, 1914, and thereafter
held hearings in 18 cities nationwide. In addition, more than 200 cities voiced their
Image courtesy of the Library of
Congress Prints and Photographs views on the selection process through their clearinghouse associations, chambers of
Division. commerce, political representatives, and banker associations. On the Pacific Coast,
hearings took place towards the end of the month on consecutive days in Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In addition to these hearings, 7,471 nation-
al banks—all of which would be Fed members—voted for their preferred locations
(Reserve Bank Organization Committee 1914a).
The selection criteria were sufficiently broad that 37 cities across the nation applied
to host one of the district headquarters. In addition to San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle submitted proposals for being the headquarters of a western district. Because
national banks had voted to become members of the Federal Reserve System, data
on national banks were used by the selection committee to make comparisons across
candidate cities.
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2. As Table 1 shows, in comparison to Seattle and Portland, San Francisco had a more developed banking system.
Table 1
Leading Candidate Cities for Twelfth District Headquarters
City characteristics San Francisco Seattle Portland
Population 416,912 237,194 207,214
Number of national banks 9 6 5
Capital and Surplus of national banks $45.2 million $5.6 million $6.8 million
Deposits of national banks $95.8 million $29.5 million $22.6 million
Loans and discounts of national banks $120.3 million $23.9 million $20.2 million
Source: Reserve Bank Organization Committee (1914a, Table F, p. 16).
Notes: Population is from 1910. National bank data are from March 4, 1914.
Each national bank in the western district was also given a ballot to cast. San Francisco received the most first-
place votes from national banks—those banks that were certain to join the Federal Reserve System—in part
because the most national banks in the proposed district were located there (see Table 2). National banks in the
Pacific Northwest and Utah preferred a district bank located in their home states, but San Francisco received a
significant number of votes from each of the states in the region.
Table 2
First-Choice Votes for Headquarters City by National Banks
Voting of national banks by state
Candidate city Washington Oregon Idaho California Nevada Utah Arizona* Total
San Francisco 8 16 8 208 5 6 5 256
Portland 9 56 10 75
Seattle 40 40
Salt Lake 12 2 13 27
Spokane 16 1 9 26
Los Angeles 24 2 26
Chicago 2 1 3
New York 2 2
Omaha 2 2
Fresno 1 1
Minneapolis 1 1
Denver 1 1
Total 73 73 45 235 7 20 7 460
Source: Reserve Bank Organization Committee (1914b, p. 350).
*Only northern Arizona was included because the southern part of the state was expected to be included in the 11th District.
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3. Northwestern Influence in the Region
The committee gave serious consideration to a proposal for a separate district that
would consist of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Proponents of this plan suggested
that both economic activity and geographical features warranted a district separate
from one headquartered in the likely headquarters
of a western district, San Francisco. These states
argued that the Pacific Northwest traded little with
the southern states of the West, that it had already
developed significant and well-functioning ports in
Seattle and Portland (with trade totals that rivaled
San Francisco), that it had inland transportation links
served by multiple transcontinental railways, and that
mountain ranges limited the links with San Francisco
(the presumed hub of the southern states of the Pacific
region). Participants in the Seattle hearings lobbied for
a separate northwestern district to be headquartered
in either Seattle or Tacoma, with Portland being
a second choice (Reserve Bank Organization
Committee 1914b).
Bird’s-eye view of Seattle, Wash-
ington waterfront circa 1903. This proposed region would also have included Montana, in part so the national
Image courtesy of the Library of bank capital for the proposed district would be sufficient to meet the minimum
Congress Prints and Photographs subscription of $4 million bank capital as required by the Act. However, Montana’s
Division. representatives argued they had closer ties to St. Paul and Chicago and did not sup-
port inclusion in a Pacific or northwestern district. Without Montana’s support, it
would have been necessary for the state-chartered banks of the northwest to join the
system in order to meet the statutory minimum bank capital; their support was not
guaranteed, however, because unlike national banks they were not required to join
the Federal Reserve System. Moreover, most participants eventually acceded to the
view that a weakly capitalized northwestern district bank was inferior to a well-capi-
talized bank with branches located in the northwest (Willis 1937, pp. 88-90).
Participants in Portland discussed a similar proposal,
lobbying for that city to be the headquarters. They sug-
gested that Seattle banks held balances with them, not
the other way around, and that Oregon was both the
lumber center and wholesaling center of the Pacific
Northwest. However, Portland banks held substantial
balances with San Francisco banks, both to finance
their shipments of foreign goods and to settle trade
accounts. Once it became clear that national banks
in the region were insufficient in size and number to
meet the required capital, bankers in this region threw
their support behind a district with San Francisco as
the headquarters, supplemented by branch banks with
substantial autonomy serving the Pacific Northwest
(Willis 1937).
Train transporting logs twelve
feet in diameter from a fir tree in Ultimately, the committee recommended only one district in the West, largely be-
Washington circa 1908. cause the Pacific Northwest lacked sufficient capital in its banks to provide the $4
Image courtesy of the Library of million required by the Fed’s charter legislation. The committee postulated, however,
Congress, Prints and Photographs that “within a few years the capital and surplus of its member banks will be sufficient
Division. to justify the creation of an additional Federal Reserve district, at which time applica-
tion may be made to Congress for a grant of the necessary authority” (Reserve Bank
Organization Committee 1914a).
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4. The choice of San Francisco for the Twelfth District’s
headquarters proved less contentious in comparison
to some other regions, in part because the city had
established itself as both a commercial and banking
center for the Pacific region. By the time the transcon-
tinental railroad was completed in 1869, San Fran-
cisco had emerged as the center for export trade from
the Pacific Coast region. Endowed with an excellent
natural harbor and easy coastal and river access to
the agricultural and natural resource riches of the
West, it had developed strong economic ties to other
countries, particularly to Great Britain. Most of the
wheat exported from the West Coast and bound for
England was financed through San Francisco, where
Anglo & London Paris National numerous London banks had offices. In the year of selection, San Francisco held
Bank on Sansome Street.
January 29, 1913. 28% of the $260 million aggregate banking capital that existed in the Pacific states
(Willis 1937, p. 92).
Image courtesy of the San Francis-
co History Center, San Francisco
Public Library. Establishing the San Francisco Fed
On May 12, 1914, representatives from all of the clearinghouses in the region as-
sembled at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans for establishing
the Twelfth Federal Reserve District Bank’s headquarters in San Francisco. The meet-
ing was called at the behest of the clearinghouses of San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Representatives from other clearinghouse cities attended, including Portland, San
Diego, Fullerton, Salt Lake City, Reno, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, and eight other
California cities.
Those attending decided
that the six directors of the
Reserve District should
reside within a six-hour
ride of San Francisco, or
roughly 170 miles (using
the average speed of a
Ford model T). As a result,
50 representatives from
banks within this area at-
tended a second meeting
on May 20, 1914. Also
present were five repre-
sentatives from banks that
incorporated with the San
Francisco Federal Reserve Signers of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Federal Reserve Bank of
on that day: Phoenix Na- San Francisco on May 20, 1914. Back Row (L-R): H.S. Young, Cashier,
Desert National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah; J.K. Moffit, Vice President and
tional Bank, First National Cashier, First National Bank, San Francisco, California; G.F. Clark, Cashier,
Bank of San Francisco, National Bank of Commerce, Seattle, Washington; H.J. McClung, Presi-
First National Bank of Port- dent, Phoenix National Bank, Phoenix, Arizona; JNO. C. Cutler, President,
land, The Deseret National Desert National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bank of Salt Lake City, and Front Row (L-R): Rudolph Spreckels, President, First National Bank, San
National Bank of Com- Francisco, California; M.F. Backus, President, National Bank of Com-
merce, Seattle, Washington; J.W. Newkirk, Cashier, First National Bank,
merce of Seattle (Cross Portland, Oregon; H.D. Marshall Jr., Cashier, Phoenix National Bank,
1927, pp. 853-4). Phoenix, Arizona.
Image courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Archive.
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5. The San Francisco Fed opened its doors on November 16, 1914. It was staffed by
21 employees, including officers, tellers, bookkeepers, stenographers, messengers,
policemen, and a janitor. At the time of formation, the district comprised 514 national
banks with a combined capital of $7.8 million. On December 14, the Annual Report
of the Federal Reserve (1914, p. 202) reported that the bank held $13,622,807 in
legal reserves. It began operations in cramped quarters
on 25 New Montgomery Street, moved to 315 Battery
Street a year later, and then erected a six-story building
for its headquarters on 400 Sansome Street, which it
occupied until 1923.
The stock of the San Francisco Fed was mandated to
pay a 6% annual dividend to its member banks, but in
the first two years, it had insufficient business to meet
this obligation. In 1916, it paid partial dividends for
1914 and 1915. In 1924, the San Francisco Fed ran a
deficit and had to draw $230,045 from its surplus funds
to pay the required dividend (Cross 1927, p. 868).
The board of directors appointed Archibald C. Kains
View of Head Office at 315 as the first governor of the San Francisco Fed. He had earlier been employed with the
Battery Street in background Canadian bank of Commerce, working his way up from inspector to superintendent
with new construction site in
foreground.
of branches and finally to manager of branches before relocating to their San Fran-
cisco branch where he served as manager. After working in San Francisco for several
Image courtesy of the Federal
years, he became an examiner for the San Francisco Clearinghouse Association, a
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Archive position he held at the time of his selection as governor of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Kains served until 1917, when he took the position as president of the American
Foreign Banking Corporation of New York, which had been organized by financial
institutions to engage in foreign financing. He was succeeded by James K. Lynch on
August 13, 1917. Lynch had actively lobbied in the region for the creation of a cen-
tral bank and had been president of the California Bankers Association, presi-
dent of the American Bankers Association, and president of the San Francisco
Clearing House Association. He died a few years after his selection on April 28,
1919 (Cross 1927, pp. 856-7).
Continued agitation, especially from the banks in the Pacific Northwest, per-
suaded the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that the Twelfth
District bank served vast distances and would therefore need to establish
branches. On April 3, 1917, a conference was held by Bank officials, A.C.
Miller of the Federal Reserve Board, and representatives of the clearinghouses
of Portland, Spokane, and Seattle. At this meeting, it was decided to open three
branches in the northern part of the district to provide for more efficient check
collection and discounting procedures. The Spokane branch opened on July
26, the Seattle branch on September 19, and the Portland branch on October
1, 1917. A fourth branch later opened in Salt Lake City on April 18, 1918, and
Archibald C. Kains served as a fifth branch in Los Angeles on January 2, 1920 (Cross 1927, p. 860). Each of these
the first governor of the San branches operated under a local board of directors, the majority of whom were cho-
Francisco Federal Reserve Bank sen by the directors of the San Francisco Fed, with the remainder being appointed by
from November 1914 until he
the Board of Governors.
resigned in July 1917.
Image courtesy of the Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Archive.
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6. References
Cross, Ira B. 1927. Financing an Empire: History of Banking in California, Volume 2.
Chicago: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors. 1914. Annual Report. Washington, DC:
Government Printing Office.
Lister, Roger C. 1993. Bank Behavior, Regulation, and Economic Development:
California, 1860-1910. New York: Garland Publishing.
Reserve Bank Organization Committee. 1914a. Decision of the Reserve Bank
Organization Committee Determining the Federal Reserve Districts and the Location
of Federal Reserve Banks under Federal Reserve Act Approved December 13, 1913.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
Reserve Bank Organization Committee. 1914b. Location of Reserve Districts in the
United States: Letter from the Reserve Bank Organization Committee Transmitting the
Briefs and Arguments to the Organization Committee of the Federal Reserve Board
Relative to the Location of Reserve Districts in the United States. Senate Document No.
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Central Banking. New York: Morningside Heights, Columbia University Press.
Research commissioned by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 2010/02;
conducted by Kris Mitchener, professor at Santa Clara University.
For further information, contact the FRBSF Research Library:
Reference.Library@sf.frb.org; 415-974-3216
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