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Despite early attempts in the U.S. after the revolutionary war to form a central bank by Alexander Hamilton, these efforts failed due to political unfeasibility. After the panic of 1907, and at the urging of J.P. Morgan and other prominent financiers, Congress eventually formed the Federal ...