Madison Guaranty

Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association was a savings and loan association in Little Rock, Arkansas that operated from 1979 to 1989. Three years after Madison's failure and seizure by Federal regulators, Madison in the 1992 presidential campaign became nationally known for its connection to Bill and Hillary Clinton because of reporting by Jeff Gerth of The New York Times. After Clinton's election as president, Madison was the subject of Congressional and special prosecutor investigations as part of the Whitewater probe.

Madison received a state savings and loan charter from Arkansas in 1979 as Woodruff County Savings and Loan. It was a stockholder-owned institution as opposed to the many mutual (depositor) owned savings and loans that existed at the time. From June 1979 to December 1981, assets grew from $2.6 million to $3.8 million.

An audit by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in April 1982 found substantial losses and questioned the solvency of Madison. Later in 1982, Madison was acquired by James B. McDougal and Steve Smith. The thrift continued its rapid growth, increasing in assets from $6.7 million at the end of 1982 to $48.6 million in 1986. In 1983, McDougal and his wife, Susan McDougal, took control of the institution. Federal regulators in a 1984 audit found the thrift was making unsound loans and if paper losses were realized, Madison would be insolvent. In August 1986, the thrift's regulator, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, ordered McDougal's removal from management of Madison but he continued to own it. In 1986, Madison's assets peaked at $125.5 million. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas on December 29, 1988, requested the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to appoint the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation as receiver of Madison. Madison was seized by Federal regulators on March 2, 1989.

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