Bank failures in 1959

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions recorded 3 failures in 1959, according to the FDIC.

3 FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions failed in 1959, the FDIC records, oldest first.

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Failures and assistance transactions of FDIC-insured institutions in 1959, oldest first
Date	Institution	Where	Resolution	Assets	Estimated cost
May 13, 1959	THE BARTLETT STATE BANK	BARTLETT, NE	FAILURE	$570.0 thousand	Not published by the FDIC
June 9, 1959	LIBERAL STATE BANK	LIBERAL, MO	FAILURE	$1.0 million	Not published by the FDIC
December 3, 1959	FIRST STATE BANK	TENAHA, TX	FAILURE	$1.3 million	Not published by the FDIC

Sources

FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 27, 2026

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Data retrieved September 30, 2026