Registration No. 333-

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 1997

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                      Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

       Delaware                                          52-1508198
 (State of Incorporation)                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                               1627 K Street, N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20006
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                      Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.
                    1996 Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Copies to:
Barbara Davis Blum                              Melissa Allison Warren, Esquire
President and Chief Executive Officer           Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
1627 K Street, N.W.                             120 E. Baltimore Street
Washington, D.C.  20006                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(202) 466-4090                                  (410) 685-1120
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent
 for Service)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Title of                         Proposed        Proposed
     Securities        Amount           Maximum         Maximum       Amount of
        to be           to be       Offering Price     Aggregate    Registration
     Registered     Registered(1)    Per Share(2)   Offering Price       Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock        14,193 shares        $12.06        $171,168        $51.87

Common Stock         14,193                N/A           N/A             N/A
Purchase Rights (3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)  Together  with such  indeterminate  number of  additional  shares as may be
     issuable to avoid  dilution as the result of a stock split,  stock dividend
     or similar  adjustment  of the Common Stock  pursuant to 17 C.F.R.  Section
     230.416(a).

(2)  Estimated  pursuant to Rule  457(h)(l)  solely for the basis of calculating
     the  registration  fee,  based on the  average of the high and low price as
     reported by Nasdaq National Market on August 6,, 1997.

(3)  The Common Stock Purchase  Rights will be attached to and trade with shares
     of the Common Stock of the Company.

This  Registration  Statement  shall become  effective upon filing in accordance
with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.







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Part II

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following  documents  filed or to be filed with the  Commission are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         (a) The Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (Commission File No.
0-10971)  for the fiscal  year ended  December  31,  1996,  which  includes  the
consolidated  balance  sheets of the Company and  Subsidiary  as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders'  equity  and cash  flows for each of the  years in the  three-year
period ended  December 31, 1996,  together with the related notes and reports of
independent  certified public accountants dated January 17, 1997 and January 26,
1996 and filed with the Commission on March 31, 1997.

         (b) The  Registrant's  Form 10-QSB Reports for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 1997 (Commission  File No. 0-10971),  filed with the Commission on May
15, 1997.

         (c)  The  "Description  of  Capital  Stock"  section  in the  Company's
Registration  Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No.  333-05073),  as amended,
filed with the Commission on June 3, 1996.

         All documents  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Sections 13(a) and
(c),  14 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act after the date  hereof  and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.
Any  statement  contained  in  this  Registration  Statement,  or in a  document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein,  shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration  Statement to the
extent that a statement  contained  herein, or in any other  subsequently  filed
document which also is  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Neither the named experts or counsel  referenced below have an interest
in the Registrant.

         The  consolidated   financial  statements  of  Abigail  Adams  National
Bancorp,  Inc. at December  31, 1996,  and for the year ended  December 31, 1996
included  (incorporated by reference) in this  Registration  Statement have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,  independent  certified public  accountants,  as
indicated  in their  report with respect  thereto,  and are  included  herein in
reliance  upon the  report of said firm and upon the  authority  of said firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.


                          

<PAGE>




         The  consolidated   financial  statements  of  Abigail  Adams  National
Bancorp, Inc. as of December 31, 1995, and for each of the years in the two-year
period ended December 31, 1995, have been  incorporated  by reference  herein in
reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent  certified public
accountants,  incorporated  by reference  herein and upon the  authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

         The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon by
Ober,  Kaler,  Grimes & Shriver,  120 E. Baltimore Street,  Baltimore,  Maryland
21202, counsel for the Registrant.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General  Corporation Law, as amended,
permits Delaware  corporations to include in their certificates of incorporation
a provision limiting directors' liability for monetary damages for breach of the
duty of care. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law gives Delaware
corporations  the power to indemnify  each of the present or former  officers or
directors under certain circumstances, if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner  which  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to the best
interests of the corporation.

         Article  FOURTEENTH of the Company's  Certificate of Incorporation,  as
amended,  limits the liability of the Company's  directors to the Company or its
shareholders for monetary damages for certain breaches of fiduciary  arising out
of  certain  aspects of the  director's  conduct.  Article  XI of the  Company's
By-laws permits  indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by law.

         The Company maintains  officers' and directors'  liability insurance in
the amount of $5,000,000.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  List of Exhibits

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration  Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601
of Regulation S-B):

         5        Opinion of Ober, Kaler,  Grimes and Shriver as to the legality
                  of the Common Stock.

         10       Abigail Adams National Bancorp,  Inc. 1996 Employee  Incentive
                  Stock  Option Plan  (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit No.
                  10.5 of the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB for the
                  fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).

         23.1     Consent of Ober,  Kaler,  Grimes & Shriver  (contained  in the
                  opinion included as




                         
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                  Exhibit 5).

         23.2     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

         23.3     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

         24       Power of Attorney (located in the signature pages).

Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         1. To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a  post-effective  amendment to this  Registration  Statement (i) to include any
prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect
in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising after the effective date of the
Registration  Statement (or the most recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)
which,  individually or in the aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the  Registration  Statement;  and (iii) to include any
material  information  with respect to the plan of  distribution  not previously
disclosed  in  this  Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to  such
information in this  Registration  Statement unless the information  required by
(i) and (ii) is contained in periodic  reports filed by the Registrant  pursuant
to Section 13 of the Exchange Act that are  incorporated  by reference into this
Registration Statement;

         2.  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

         3. To remove from  registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the Plans;

         4. That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the  Registration
Statement  shall be deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement  relating to the
securities  offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

         5.  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to Directors,  Officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the  Securities Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  Director,  Officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
Director,  Officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling

                                                                        
<PAGE>



precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.





                                                                         

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933,  Abigail
Adams National Bancorp, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Washington,  District of Columbia, this
8th day of August, 1997.


                                         ABIGAIL ADAMS NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.


                                        By:  /s/ Barbara Davis Blum
                                             -----------------------
                                              Barbara Davis Blum
                                              Chairwoman of the Board, President
                                                 and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Each person whose  individual  signature  appears  below  hereby  makes,
constitutes and appoints  Barbara Davis Blum to sign for such person and in such
person's  name and capacity  indicated  below,  any and all  amendments  to this
Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments.

        Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated:

        Name                               Title                        Date
        ----                               -----                        ----

/s/ Barbara Davis Blum       Chairwoman of the Board, President
Barbara Davis Blum               and Chief Executive Officer      August 8, 1997
(Principal executive officer)

/s/ Shireen L. Dodson                       Director             August 11, 1997
Shireen L. Dodson


/s/ Susan Hager                             Director              August 8, 1997
Susan Hager


/s/ Jeanne Hubbard                          Director              August 8, 1997
Jeanne Hubbard




                            

<PAGE>




/s/ Clarence L. James, Jr.                  Director             August 12, 1997
Clarence L. James, Jr.


/s/ Steve Protulis                          Director             August 11, 1997
Steve Protulis


/s/ Marshall T. Reynolds                     Director             August 8, 1997
Marshall T. Reynolds


/s/ Robert L. Shell, Jr.                     Director             August 8, 1997
Robert L. Shell, Jr.


/s/ Dana B. Stebbins                         Director            August 11, 1997
Dana B. Stebbins


/s/ Susan J. Williams                        Director             August 8, 1997
Susan J. Williams


/s/ Kimberly J. Levine                Senior Vice President,     August 11, 1997
Kimberly J. Levine                     Treasurer and Chief
(Principal financial and                 Financial Officer
  accounting  officer)





                                               
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


                                                                                Sequentially
                                                                                Numbered
Exhibit                                                                         Page
No.        Description                         Method of Filing                 Location
---        -----------                         ----------------                 --------
<S>        <C>                                 <C>                              <C>

5          Opinion of Ober, Kaler, Grimes &    Filed herewith
           Shriver
10         Abigail Adams National Bancorp,     Incorporated By Reference         Not Applicable
           Inc. 1996 Employee Incentive
           Stock Option Plan
23.1       Consent of Ober, Kaler, Grimes &    Located in Exhibit 5 herewith     Not Applicable
           Shriver

23.2       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP      Filed herewith

23.3       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick        Filed herewith
           LLP
24         Power of Attorney                   Located in the Signature Pages    Not Applicable


</TABLE>
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Registration No. 333-

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 1997

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                      Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

       Delaware                                          52-1508198
 (State of Incorporation)                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                               1627 K Street, N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20006
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                      Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.
                    1996 Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Copies to:
Barbara Davis Blum                              Melissa Allison Warren, Esquire
President and Chief Executive Officer           Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
1627 K Street, N.W.                             120 E. Baltimore Street
Washington, D.C.  20006                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(202) 466-4090                                  (410) 685-1120
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent
 for Service)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Title of                         Proposed        Proposed
     Securities        Amount           Maximum         Maximum       Amount of
        to be           to be       Offering Price     Aggregate    Registration
     Registered     Registered(1)    Per Share(2)   Offering Price       Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock        14,193 shares        $12.06        $171,168        $51.87

Common Stock         14,193                N/A           N/A             N/A
Purchase Rights (3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)  Together  with such  indeterminate  number of  additional  shares as may be
     issuable to avoid  dilution as the result of a stock split,  stock dividend
     or similar  adjustment  of the Common Stock  pursuant to 17 C.F.R.  Section
     230.416(a).

(2)  Estimated  pursuant to Rule  457(h)(l)  solely for the basis of calculating
     the  registration  fee,  based on the  average of the high and low price as
     reported by Nasdaq National Market on August 6,, 1997.

(3)  The Common Stock Purchase  Rights will be attached to and trade with shares
     of the Common Stock of the Company.

This  Registration  Statement  shall become  effective upon filing in accordance
with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Part II

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following  documents  filed or to be filed with the  Commission are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         (a) The Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (Commission File No.
0-10971)  for the fiscal  year ended  December  31,  1996,  which  includes  the
consolidated  balance  sheets of the Company and  Subsidiary  as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders'  equity  and cash  flows for each of the  years in the  three-year
period ended  December 31, 1996,  together with the related notes and reports of
independent  certified public accountants dated January 17, 1997 and January 26,
1996 and filed with the Commission on March 31, 1997.

         (b) The  Registrant's  Form 10-QSB Reports for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 1997 (Commission  File No. 0-10971),  filed with the Commission on May
15, 1997.

         (c)  The  "Description  of  Capital  Stock"  section  in the  Company's
Registration  Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No.  333-05073),  as amended,
filed with the Commission on June 3, 1996.

         All documents  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Sections 13(a) and
(c),  14 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act after the date  hereof  and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.
Any  statement  contained  in  this  Registration  Statement,  or in a  document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein,  shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration  Statement to the
extent that a statement  contained  herein, or in any other  subsequently  filed
document which also is  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Neither the named experts or counsel  referenced below have an interest
in the Registrant.

         The  consolidated   financial  statements  of  Abigail  Adams  National
Bancorp,  Inc. at December  31, 1996,  and for the year ended  December 31, 1996
included  (incorporated by reference) in this  Registration  Statement have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,  independent  certified public  accountants,  as
indicated  in their  report with respect  thereto,  and are  included  herein in
reliance  upon the  report of said firm and upon the  authority  of said firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
The  consolidated   financial  statements  of  Abigail  Adams  National
Bancorp, Inc. as of December 31, 1995, and for each of the years in the two-year
period ended December 31, 1995, have been  incorporated  by reference  herein in
reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent  certified public
accountants,  incorporated  by reference  herein and upon the  authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

         The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon by
Ober,  Kaler,  Grimes & Shriver,  120 E. Baltimore Street,  Baltimore,  Maryland
21202, counsel for the Registrant.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General  Corporation Law, as amended,
permits Delaware  corporations to include in their certificates of incorporation
a provision limiting directors' liability for monetary damages for breach of the
duty of care. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law gives Delaware
corporations  the power to indemnify  each of the present or former  officers or
directors under certain circumstances, if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner  which  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to the best
interests of the corporation.

         Article  FOURTEENTH of the Company's  Certificate of Incorporation,  as
amended,  limits the liability of the Company's  directors to the Company or its
shareholders for monetary damages for certain breaches of fiduciary  arising out
of  certain  aspects of the  director's  conduct.  Article  XI of the  Company's
By-laws permits  indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by law.

         The Company maintains  officers' and directors'  liability insurance in
the amount of $5,000,000.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  List of Exhibits

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration  Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601
of Regulation S-B):

         5        Opinion of Ober, Kaler,  Grimes and Shriver as to the legality
                  of the Common Stock.

         10       Abigail Adams National Bancorp,  Inc. 1996 Employee  Incentive
                  Stock  Option Plan  (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit No.
                  10.5 of the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB for the
                  fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).

         23.1     Consent of Ober,  Kaler,  Grimes & Shriver  (contained  in the
                  opinion included as
Exhibit 5).

         23.2     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

         23.3     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

         24       Power of Attorney (located in the signature pages).

Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         1. To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a  post-effective  amendment to this  Registration  Statement (i) to include any
prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect
in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising after the effective date of the
Registration  Statement (or the most recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)
which,  individually or in the aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the  Registration  Statement;  and (iii) to include any
material  information  with respect to the plan of  distribution  not previously
disclosed  in  this  Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to  such
information in this  Registration  Statement unless the information  required by
(i) and (ii) is contained in periodic  reports filed by the Registrant  pursuant
to Section 13 of the Exchange Act that are  incorporated  by reference into this
Registration Statement;

         2.  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

         3. To remove from  registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the Plans;

         4. That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the  Registration
Statement  shall be deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement  relating to the
securities  offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

         5.  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to Directors,  Officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the  Securities Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  Director,  Officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
Director,  Officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933,  Abigail
Adams National Bancorp, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Washington,  District of Columbia, this
8th day of August, 1997.

                                         ABIGAIL ADAMS NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.

                                        By:  /s/ Barbara Davis Blum
                                             -----------------------
                                              Barbara Davis Blum
                                              Chairwoman of the Board, President
                                                 and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Each person whose  individual  signature  appears  below  hereby  makes,
constitutes and appoints  Barbara Davis Blum to sign for such person and in such
person's  name and capacity  indicated  below,  any and all  amendments  to this
Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments.

        Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated:

        Name                               Title                        Date
        ----                               -----                        ----

/s/ Barbara Davis Blum       Chairwoman of the Board, President
Barbara Davis Blum               and Chief Executive Officer      August 8, 1997
(Principal executive officer)

/s/ Shireen L. Dodson                       Director             August 11, 1997
Shireen L. Dodson

/s/ Susan Hager                             Director              August 8, 1997
Susan Hager

/s/ Jeanne Hubbard                          Director              August 8, 1997
Jeanne Hubbard
/s/ Clarence L. James, Jr.                  Director             August 12, 1997
Clarence L. James, Jr.

/s/ Steve Protulis                          Director             August 11, 1997
Steve Protulis

/s/ Marshall T. Reynolds                     Director             August 8, 1997
Marshall T. Reynolds

/s/ Robert L. Shell, Jr.                     Director             August 8, 1997
Robert L. Shell, Jr.

/s/ Dana B. Stebbins                         Director            August 11, 1997
Dana B. Stebbins

/s/ Susan J. Williams                        Director             August 8, 1997
Susan J. Williams

/s/ Kimberly J. Levine                Senior Vice President,     August 11, 1997
Kimberly J. Levine                     Treasurer and Chief
(Principal financial and                 Financial Officer
  accounting  officer)
EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                                                Sequentially
                                                                                Numbered
Exhibit                                                                         Page
No.        Description                         Method of Filing                 Location
---        -----------                         ----------------                 --------
5          Opinion of Ober, Kaler, Grimes &    Filed herewith
           Shriver
10         Abigail Adams National Bancorp,     Incorporated By Reference         Not Applicable
           Inc. 1996 Employee Incentive
           Stock Option Plan
23.1       Consent of Ober, Kaler, Grimes &    Located in Exhibit 5 herewith     Not Applicable
           Shriver

23.2       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP      Filed herewith

23.3       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick        Filed herewith
           LLP
24         Power of Attorney                   Located in the Signature Pages    Not Applicable