Summary Nicholas Biddle was a prominent banker, author, and politician who served as the president of the Second Bank of…

The Second Bank of the United States, also known as the United States Bank, National Bank, or BUS, was a central bank headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that existed from 1816 to 1836. Under the leadership of its president, Nicholas Biddle, the Bank became involved in a dramatic political showdown with President Andrew Jackson — a conflict known as the “Bank War” — that shaped many of the political, economic, and ideological contours of American life in the pre-Civil War era.