Registration No. 333-_____________________

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 1996


                       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.
                           Directors Stock Option Plan

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

                                             Copies to:
Barbara Davis Blum                           Melissa Allison Warren, Esquire
President and Chief Executive Officer        Shapiro and Olander
1627 K Street, N.W.                          36 South Charles Street, 20th Floor
Washington, D.C.  20006                      Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3147
(202) 466-4090                               (410) 385-0202
(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     Offering Price          Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock   16,416 shares       $11.375         $186,732           $56.59

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(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 December 27, 1996

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,  1995,  which  includes  the
consolidated  statements of financial condition of the Company and Subsidiary as
of  December  31,  1995 and 1994,  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, 1995,  together  with the related
notes and report of independent  certified public  accountants dated January 26,
1996 and filed with the Commission on April 1, 1996.

     (b) The  Registrant's  Form 10-QSB  Reports for the fiscal  quarters  ended
September  30,  1996,  June 30,  1996 and March 31,  1996  (Commission  File No.
0-10971),  filed with the  Commission on November 14, 1996,  August 14, 1996 and
May 15, 1996, respectively.

     (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.  as of  December  31,  1995  and  1994,  and for  each of the  years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 1995, have been  incorporated by reference
herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick


<PAGE>



LLP,  independent  certified public accountants,  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
Shapiro and Olander, 36 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, 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 $2,000,000.

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 Shapiro and Olander as to the legality of the Common Stock.

     10.1 Abigail Adams National Bancorp,  Inc. Employee  Incentive Stock Option
          Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.2.2 of the Company's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December  31,
          1995).

     10.2 Abigail  Adams  National  Bancorp,  Inc.  Directors  Stock Option Plan
          (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit No.  10.2.3 of the  Company's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December  31,
          1995).

     23.1 Consent of Shapiro and Olander  (contained in the opinion  included as
          Exhibit 5).





<PAGE>

     23.2 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.



<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 30th day
of December, 1996.


                                 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:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

        Name                                 Title                     Date
        ----                                 -----                     ----
<S>                           <C>                                    <C>
/s/ Barbara Davis Blum
--------------------------    Chairwoman of the Board, President
Barbara Davis Blum               and Chief Executive Officer        December 30, 1996
(Principal executive officer)

/s/ Shireen L. Dodson
--------------------------                 Director                 December 30, 1996
Shireen L. Dodson


/s/ Susan Hager
--------------------------                 Director                 December 30, 1996
Susan Hager


/s/ Jeanne Hubbard
--------------------------                 Director                 December 30, 1996
Jeanne Hubbard


</TABLE>



<PAGE>


<TABLE>

<S>                                 <C>                             <C>
--------------------------                 Director                 December__, 1996
Clarence L. James, Jr.


--------------------------                 Director                 December__, 1996
Steve Protulis


/s/ Marshall T. Reynolds  
--------------------------                  Director                 December 30, 1996
Marshall T. Reynolds


/s/ Robert L. Shell, Jr.
-------------------------                   Director                 December 30, 1996
Robert L. Shell, Jr.


/s/ Dana B. Stebbins
-------------------------                   Director                 December 31, 1996
Dana B. Stebbins


-------------------------                   Director                 December__, 1996
Susan J. Williams


/s/ Kimberly J. Levine
-------------------------            Senior Vice President,          December 30, 1996
Kimberly J. Levine                    Treasurer and Chief
(Principal financial and                Financial Officer
  accounting  officer)



</TABLE>



<PAGE>




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Sequentially
                                                                               Numbered
Exhibit                                                                          Page
No.       Description                         Method of Filing                 Location
---       -----------                         ----------------                 --------
<S>       <C>                                 <C>                              <C>
5         Opinion of Shapiro and Olander      Filed herewith                       8

10.1      Abigail Adams National Bancorp,     Incorporated By Reference         Not Applicable
          Inc. Employee Incentive Stock
          Option Plan

10.2      Abigail Adams National Bancorp,     Incorporated By Reference         Not Applicable
          Inc. Directors Stock Option Plan

23.1      Consent of Shapiro and Olander      Located in Exhibit 5 herewith     Not Applicable

23.2      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick        Filed herewith                         9
          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 December 31, 1996

                       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.
                           Directors Stock Option Plan

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

                                             Copies to:
Barbara Davis Blum                           Melissa Allison Warren, Esquire
President and Chief Executive Officer        Shapiro and Olander
1627 K Street, N.W.                          36 South Charles Street, 20th Floor
Washington, D.C.  20006                      Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3147
(202) 466-4090                               (410) 385-0202
(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     Offering Price          Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock   16,416 shares       $11.375         $186,732           $56.59

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(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 December 27, 1996

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,  1995,  which  includes  the
consolidated  statements of financial condition of the Company and Subsidiary as
of  December  31,  1995 and 1994,  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, 1995,  together  with the related
notes and report of independent  certified public  accountants dated January 26,
1996 and filed with the Commission on April 1, 1996.

     (b) The  Registrant's  Form 10-QSB  Reports for the fiscal  quarters  ended
September  30,  1996,  June 30,  1996 and March 31,  1996  (Commission  File No.
0-10971),  filed with the  Commission on November 14, 1996,  August 14, 1996 and
May 15, 1996, respectively.

     (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.  as of  December  31,  1995  and  1994,  and for  each of the  years in the
three-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,  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
Shapiro and Olander, 36 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, 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 $2,000,000.

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 Shapiro and Olander as to the legality of the Common Stock.

     10.1 Abigail Adams National Bancorp,  Inc. Employee  Incentive Stock Option
          Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.2.2 of the Company's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December  31,
          1995).

     10.2 Abigail  Adams  National  Bancorp,  Inc.  Directors  Stock Option Plan
          (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit No.  10.2.3 of the  Company's
          Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December  31,
          1995).

     23.1 Consent of Shapiro and Olander  (contained in the opinion  included as
          Exhibit 5).
23.2 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 30th day
of December, 1996.

                                 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        December 30, 1996
(Principal executive officer)

/s/ Shireen L. Dodson
--------------------------                 Director                 December 30, 1996
Shireen L. Dodson

/s/ Susan Hager
--------------------------                 Director                 December 30, 1996
Susan Hager

/s/ Jeanne Hubbard
--------------------------                 Director                 December 30, 1996
Jeanne Hubbard
--------------------------                 Director                 December__, 1996
Clarence L. James, Jr.

--------------------------                 Director                 December__, 1996
Steve Protulis

/s/ Marshall T. Reynolds  
--------------------------                  Director                 December 30, 1996
Marshall T. Reynolds

/s/ Robert L. Shell, Jr.
-------------------------                   Director                 December 30, 1996
Robert L. Shell, Jr.

/s/ Dana B. Stebbins
-------------------------                   Director                 December 31, 1996
Dana B. Stebbins

-------------------------                   Director                 December__, 1996
Susan J. Williams

/s/ Kimberly J. Levine
-------------------------            Senior Vice President,          December 30, 1996
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 Shapiro and Olander      Filed herewith                       8

10.1      Abigail Adams National Bancorp,     Incorporated By Reference         Not Applicable
          Inc. Employee Incentive Stock
          Option Plan

10.2      Abigail Adams National Bancorp,     Incorporated By Reference         Not Applicable
          Inc. Directors Stock Option Plan

23.1      Consent of Shapiro and Olander      Located in Exhibit 5 herewith     Not Applicable

23.2      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick        Filed herewith                         9
          LLP

24        Power of Attorney                   Located in the Signature Pages    Not Applicable