Date Bank Name Episode Type
May 8, 1828 Niagara Bank Suspension → Closure
May 5, 1837 Commercial Bank Suspension → Reopening
May 5, 1837 City Bank Suspension → Closure
May 6, 1837 Bank of Buffalo Suspension → Reopening
May 6, 1837 Bank of Buffalo Suspension → Reopening
March 11, 1841 Union Bank Suspension → Closure
April 1, 1841* United States Bank Suspension → Closure
April 3, 1841 Bank of America Suspension → Closure
April 3, 1841 Bank of Commerce Suspension → Closure
April 3, 1841 Mechanics Bank Suspension → Closure
June 8, 1841 State Bank of New York Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1841 Bank of Buffalo Run → Suspension → Closure
November 16, 1841 Commercial Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
June 11, 1844 Buffalo Commercial Bank Suspension → Closure
September 11, 1847 State Bank of New York Suspension → Closure
November 15, 1849 Walter Joy's Bank Suspension → Closure
March 6, 1851 Hollister Bank Run Only
November 7, 1853 Patchin Bank Suspension → Closure
November 8, 1853 Bank of Buffalo Suspension → Reopening
November 8, 1853 Pratt Bank Suspension → Closure
November 24, 1853 City Bank Suspension → Closure
November 1, 1854* Hollister Bank Run → Suspension → Reopening
November 9, 1854 Exchange Bank Suspension → Closure
August 31, 1857 White's Bank Run Only
August 31, 1857 Oliver Lee & Company's Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
August 31, 1857 Hollister Bank Suspension → Closure
August 31, 1857 Buffalo City Bank Run Only
September 1, 1857 Clinton Bank Suspension → Closure
September 5, 1857 Mechanics Bank Suspension → Closure
October 12, 1857 Pratt Bank Suspension → Closure
April 12, 1866 Exchange Bank Suspension → Closure
September 24, 1873 First National Bank Charter #235 Suspension → Reopening
September 24, 1873 Farmers & Mechanics National Bank Charter #453 Suspension → Reopening
September 24, 1873 Third National Bank Charter #850 Suspension → Reopening
September 6, 1875 New York & Erie Bank Suspension → Closure
April 14, 1882 First National Bank Charter #235 Suspension → Closure
April 27, 1892 Commercial Bank Suspension → Closure
June 25, 1892 National Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
June 26, 1893 Queen City Bank Run → Suspension → Reopening
October 15, 1896 Bank of Commerce Run → Suspension → Closure
March 27, 1897 American Exchange Bank Suspension → Closure
February 26, 1899 Ellicott Square Bank Suspension → Closure
June 29, 1901 City National Bank Charter #5174 Suspension → Closure
June 29, 1901 Bank of Buffalo Suspension → Closure
June 30, 1901 City Bank Suspension → Closure
July 2, 1901 Niagara Bank Suspension → Closure
October 15, 1901 Fidelity Trust Company Run Only
June 27, 1902 Empire State Savings Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
May 9, 1903 Fidelity Trust Company Run Only
December 1, 1904 German American Bank Run → Suspension → Unsure
December 5, 1904 German Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
January 17, 1905 Citizens Bank Run Only
February 10, 1905 Bank of Buffalo Suspension → Closure
November 16, 1907 Buffalo Savings Bank Run Only
December 5, 1918 German Bank Run → Suspension → Closure
April 19, 1931 Commercial Trust Company Suspension → Closure
March 4, 1933 Lincoln National Bank Charter #13219 Suspension → Closure
March 4, 1933 East Side National Bank Charter #13220 Suspension → Reopening
March 4, 1933 Niagara National Bank Charter #13441 Suspension → Reopening
March 4, 1933 Marine Trust Company Suspension → Reopening
March 4, 1933 Liberty Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 4, 1933 Buffalo Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 4, 1933 Western Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening
March 4, 1933 Erie County Savings Bank Suspension → Reopening