Background
Harding, William P. Gould was born on May 5, 1864 in Greene Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Horace and Eliza Procter (Gould) Harding.
Harding, William P. Gould was born on May 5, 1864 in Greene Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Horace and Eliza Procter (Gould) Harding.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Alabama, 1880, A.M., 1881 (youngest full graduate in its history). Doctor of Laws, University of Alabama, 1916, Harvard, 1922, Columbia, 1922.
Began as clerk and bookkeeper private bank of J. H. Fitts & Company, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1882. Bookkeeper to cashier, Berney National Bank, Birmingham, 1886-1896. Vice president, 1896, president, June 28, 1902-June 24, 1914, 1st National Bank, Birmingham.
Member Federal Reserve Board, Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1922, and governor, August 10, 1916. Governor Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, January 1, since 1923. Managing director War Finance Corporation, 1918-1919.
President Alabama State Bankers Association, 1908, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 1913.
Member Federal Reserve Board, Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1922, and gov.
Married Amanda Moore, October 22, 1895 (died 1910). Children: Elizabeth (Mistress.