List of presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York


The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of 12 regional reserve banks of the Federal Reserve System, which is the American central bank. It is described as being the most important of the banks, due to it being in the world's center of finance and serving as the Federal Open Market Committee's operating arm. This is also due to its conducting of open market operations and foreign exchange market intervention.

History

The former title for the chief executive officer of the New York Fed was governor and was renamed to president due to the Banking Act of 1935. Akin to all other reserve bank presidents, the president of the New York Fed is nominated by the Board of Directors of the New York Fed and is approved by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Act states that the president of a Federal Reserve Bank is the chief executive officer of the bank in question and has a term that ends the last day in February in years ending in 1 or 6. Reserve Bank presidents must retire when they reach the age of 65, nevertheless, if the Board of Governors allows, a president who assumed his position after age 55 may serve until they have served 10 years or reached age 70, whichever is attained first. The areas of the bank involved in business report to both the president and first vice president of the New York Fed. They in turn report to the Board of Directors of the New York Fed. The president of the New York Fed is a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which is responsible for open market operations.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has had ten presidents since its inception, of which some have gone on to hold positions in government. Benjamin Strong, Jr., who had been the president of Bankers Trust Company, became the first president of the New York Fed on October 5, 1914. He said the bank at that point "consisted of little more than a copy of the Federal Reserve Act", but it consumed 100 million U.S. dollars from 211 member banks during the course of that day.
Some presidents have gone on to serve in higher offices. United States President Jimmy Carter appointed former New York Fed President Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979 and U.S. President Ronald Reagan reappointed him in 1983. President Barack Obama later appointed him to be the first Chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board on February 6, 2009. President Obama also appointed former New York Fed President Timothy Geithner to be the United States Secretary of the Treasury and he was confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 2009.

Governors and presidents

#PhotoCEOLife spanTerm startTerm endRef
Governors------
1Benjamin Strong, Jr.*1872–1928October 5, 1914October 16, 1928
2George L. Harrison1887–1958November 24, 1928——
Presidents------
–George L. Harrison1887–1958—December 31, 1940
3Allan Sproul1896–1978January 1, 1941June 30, 1956
4Alfred Hayes1910–1989August 1, 1956August 1, 1975
5Paul Volcker1927–2019August 1, 1975August 5, 1979
6Anthony M. Solomon†1919–2008April 1, 1980December 31, 1984
7E. Gerald Corrigan1941–January 1, 1985July 19, 1993
8William J. McDonough1934–2018July 19, 1993June 10, 2003
9Timothy Geithner1961–November 17, 2003January 26, 2009
10William Dudley1953–January 27, 2009June 18, 2018
11John Williams1962–June 18, 2018Incumbent