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  <B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES</P>
  <P ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
  <P ALIGN="CENTER">Washington, D.C.  20549</B></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">OMB APPROVAL</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>OMB Number:</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1> 3235-0101<BR>
  Expires:</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1> December 31, 2009<BR>
  Estimated average burden<BR>
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  <B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM 144</B></FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">SEC USE ONLY</FONT></TD>
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  <B><P ALIGN="CENTER">NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES <BR>
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
  <FONT SIZE=1><P>DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.</FONT></TD>
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  <B><FONT SIZE=2><P>ATTENTION:</B> <I>Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;executing a sale directly with a market maker.</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>CUSIP NUMBER.</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>1<I>(a) </I>NAME OF ISUER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=1>(Please type or print)<BR>
  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JPMORGAN CHASE &amp; CO.</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=2>
  <I><FONT SIZE=1><P>(b)</I> IRS IDENT. NO.<BR>
  </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>13-2624428</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=2>
  <I><FONT SIZE=2><P>(c)</I> S.E.C. FILE NO.<BR>
  1-5805</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
  <FONT SIZE=1><P>WORK LOCATION</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>1<I>(d)</I> ADDRESS OF ISSUER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STREET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CITY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ZIP CODE&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(e)</I> TELEPHONE NO. </FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;270 Park Avenue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;New York&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;NY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10017</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>AREA CODE<BR>
  </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>212</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>NUMBER</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> <BR>
  </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>270-6000</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>2<I>(a)</I> NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT SIZE=1><P>(b)</I> IRS IDENT. NO.  </FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT SIZE=1><P>(c)</I> RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT SIZE=1><P>(d)</I> ADDRESS&nbsp;STREET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CITY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Zip Code</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P>James E. Staley </FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT=23><P></P></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P>Managing Director</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P>270 Park Avenue&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;New York, NY </FONT><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> 10017</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.</P></I></FONT>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>3 (a)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(b)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>SEC. USE ONLY</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(c)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(d)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(e)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(f)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(g)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title of the Class of Securities To be Sold</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#000000">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Broker-Dealer File Number</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold <BR>
  </FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(see Instr. 3(c))</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Aggregate Market Value <BR>
  </FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See Instr. 3(d))</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding <BR>
  </FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See Instr. 3(e))</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Approximate Date of Sale <BR>
  </FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See Instr. 3(f))</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><BR>
  (MO  DAY  YR)</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Name of Each Securities Exchange<BR>
  </FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See Instr. (3(g))</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Common<BR>
  $1 par Value</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.<BR>
  270 Park Avenue<BR>
  New York, NY  10017 <BR>
  </FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">37,000</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>$xxxxxxxxxx</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT SIZE=1><P>As of March 31, 2009:  3,757,732,168 shares of common stock excluding 183,901,727 shares held in the Corporation's treasury</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>April 17, 2009</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>NYSE</FONT></TD>
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  <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>INSTRUCTIONS:</B><BR>
  </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>1.&#9;(a)&#9;Name of issuer<BR>
  &#9;(b)&#9;Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number<BR>
  &#9;(c)&#9;Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any<BR>
  &#9;(d)&#9;Issuer's address, including zip code<BR>
  &#9;(e)&#9;Issuer's telephone number, including area code.<BR>
  <BR>
  2.&#9;(a)&#9;Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold<BR>
  &#9;(b)&#9;Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity<BR>
  &#9;(c)&#9;Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g. officer, director, 10%<BR>
  &#9;&#9;stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)<BR>
  &#9;(d)&#9;Such person's address, including zip code.</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>3.&#9;(a)&#9;Title of the class of securities to be sold<BR>
  &#9;(b)&#9;Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold<BR>
  &#9;(c)&#9;Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)<BR>
  &#9;(d)&#9;Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;filing of this notice<BR>
  &#9;(e)&#9;Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer<BR>
  &#9;(f)&#9;Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold<BR>
  &#9;(g)&#9;Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.</FONT></TD>
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  <P>Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.</P>
  </B><P ALIGN="RIGHT">SEC 1147 (01-07)</P>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER">TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD</P>
  </B></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold <BR>
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:</P>
  </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1></I></FONT>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title of the Class</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date You Acquired</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Name of Person from Whom Acquired <BR>
  <I>(if gift, also give date donor acquired)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of Securities Acquired</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date of Payment</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
  Nature of Payment</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Common $1 Par Value</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Various</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Acquired as a result of awards granted under JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. benefit plans.</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Acquired as a result of awards granted under JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. benefit plans.</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">37,000</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Various</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Acquired as a result of awards granted under JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. benefit plans.</FONT></TD>
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  </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P>&nbsp;</P></FONT>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>INSTRUCTIONS:</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>&#9;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.</DIR>
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  <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">_______________________________________________________________________________________<BR>
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS</P>
  </B></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.</P></I></FONT>
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  <TR><TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
  Name and Address of Seller</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
  Title of Securities Sold </FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
  Date of Sale</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of <BR>
  Securities Sold</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
  Gross Proceeds</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>Mellon Investor Services LLC<BR>
  480 Washington Blvd.<BR>
  Jersey City, NJ  07310<BR>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT SIZE=1><P>2/02/09</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="RIGHT">11,894</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$296,517</FONT></TD>
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  <TR><TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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  </FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>REMARKS:</P>
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  <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>INSTRUCTIONS:</P>
  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1><P>See the definition of &quot;person&quot; in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to  the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>.</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>&#9;</I><B>ATTENTION:</P></DIR>
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  </B></FONT><I><FONT SIZE=1><P>The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.  </I></FONT></TD>
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  <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>                                 April 17, 2009</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P>/s/ Anthony J. Horan, under POA on behalf of James E. Staley </FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">DATE OF NOTICE</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Signature)</FONT></TD>
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  <I><P ALIGN="CENTER">The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.<BR>
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.</P></DIR>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) </B></FONT></TD>
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text: UNITED STATES
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C.  20549
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB Number:
  3235-0101
  Expires:
  December 31, 2009
  Estimated average burden
  hours per response
  2.00
  FORM 144
  SEC USE ONLY
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or
  executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  CUSIP NUMBER.
  1
  (a)
  NAME OF ISUER
  (Please type or print)
  JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
  (b)
  IRS IDENT. NO.
  13-2624428
  (c)
  S.E.C. FILE NO.
  1-5805
  WORK LOCATION
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER                     STREET                          CITY             STATE          ZIP CODE
  (e)
  TELEPHONE NO.
  270 Park Avenue                        New York                           	NY           10017
  AREA CODE
  212
  NUMBER
  270-6000
  2
  (a)
  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  (b)
  IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c)
  RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  (d)
  ADDRESS STREET        CITY       STATE      Zip Code
  James E. Staley
  Managing Director
  270 Park Avenue
  New York, NY
  10017
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3 (a)
  (b)
  SEC. USE ONLY
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  Title of the Class of Securities To be Sold
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
  Broker-Dealer File Number
  Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold
  (see Instr. 3(c))
  Aggregate Market Value
  (See Instr. 3(d))
  Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding
  (See Instr. 3(e))
  Approximate Date of Sale
  (See Instr. 3(f))
  (MO  DAY  YR)
  Name of Each Securities Exchange
  (See Instr. (3(g))
  Common
  $1 par Value
  J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
  270 Park Avenue
  New York, NY  10017
  37,000
  $xxxxxxxxxx
  As of March 31, 2009:  3,757,732,168 shares of common stock excluding 183,901,727 shares held in the Corporation's treasury
  April 17, 2009
  NYSE
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.	(a)	Name of issuer
  (b)	Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  (c)	Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  (d)	Issuer's address, including zip code
  (e)	Issuer's telephone number, including area code.
  2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b)	Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
  (c)	Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g. officer, director, 10%
  stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (d)	Such person's address, including zip code.
  3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
  filing of this notice
  (e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof
  outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  (f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  (g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
  SEC 1147 (01-07)
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of the Class
  Date You Acquired
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  (if gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Amount of Securities Acquired
  Date of Payment
  Nature of Payment
  Common $1 Par Value
  Various
  Acquired as a result of awards granted under JPMorgan Chase & Co. benefit plans.
  Acquired as a result of awards granted under JPMorgan Chase & Co. benefit plans.
  37,000
  Various
  Acquired as a result of awards granted under JPMorgan Chase & Co. benefit plans.
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  _______________________________________________________________________________________
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Amount of
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  Mellon Investor Services LLC
  480 Washington Blvd.
  Jersey City, NJ  07310
  Common Stock
  2/02/09
  11,894
  $296,517
  REMARKS:
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to  the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice
  .
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
  April 17, 2009
  /s/ Anthony J. Horan, under POA on behalf of James E. Staley
  DATE OF NOTICE
  (Signature)
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (01-07)