Moses Taylor acquired control of the company. During Taylor's ascendancy, the bank functioned largely as a treasury and finance center for Taylor's own extensive business empire. Later presidents of the bank included Gorham A. Worth (1843-1856), Moses Taylor himself (1856-1882), Taylor's son-in-law Percy Rivington Pyne I, and James Stillman (1891-1909).

In 1831, City Bank