[3] On July 31, 1914, after the closing of the NYSE, the Washington Stock Exchange, "which deals mainly in local securities, followed the example of similar bodies in other cities and suspended business for the day.
The merger plan had been in negotiations at that point for 22 months under Washington exchange president Fenton Cramer.
[citation needed] Lewis Johnson Davis, who died September 6, 1906, was earlier a president of the Washington Stock Exchange.
[6] In late November 1901, W. A. Mearns was elected president of the Washington Stock Exchange.
[citation needed] George M. Ferris (died 1992) was a former president and chairman of the Washington Stock Exchange.