FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:         September 23, 2005
Contact:      Jeanne Delaney Hubbard
              202.772. 3747

ABIGAIL ADAMS NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.
ANNOUNCES CEO CHANGE AT THE
ADAMS NATIONAL BANK
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Kathleen Carr Resigns; Jeanne Hubbard Named President/CEO

The  Abigail  Adams  National  Bancorp  (Nasdaq:  ANNB) board of  directors  has
accepted  the  resignation  of The  Adams  National  Bank's  President  and CEO,
Kathleen  Walsh Carr,  and named new bank  leadership.  The decisions took place
Tuesday,  September 20, 2005 at the  regularly-scheduled  meeting of the Bancorp
board.

In  discussing  her  resignation,  Ms. Carr told the board,  "I  appreciate  the
confidence  you  expressed  in me  seven  years  ago when  you  offered  me this
position.  Since then, we have achieved  significant and consistent  growth,  we
have established Adams as a respected and sought-after financial partner in this
community,  and we have  built a great team to move this  financial  institution
forward.  I feel I have  accomplished what I set out to do. Our customers can be
assured that the  excellent  Adams team of officers and employees is in place to
serve them. I am a  shareholder  of the company and will always have an interest
in its successes."

Jeanne Delaney  Hubbard,  President and CEO of Abigail Adams  National  Bancorp,
Inc. and current Chair of the Bank's board, was appointed President & CEO of The
Adams National Bank. Directors selected Ms. Hubbard both for her leadership role
with Adams as a board member  since 1995 and as board Chair since 1998,  and for
her 35 years of banking experience, including prior CEO positions.

In taking the helm, Ms.  Hubbard told the board,  "Kate Carr has put together an
outstanding  team of  officers  and staff who are  committed  to our current and
future  customers and to the continued  growth and  leadership of the bank.  The
bank has been fortunate to have Kate at the helm, and I am looking  forward to a
seamless transition and to what will now be a more active role in the day-to-day
management."

Ms.  Carr  will  stay on at the bank for an  additional  month to work  with Ms.
Hubbard on the transition. She also resigned from her seats on the boards of The
Adams National Bank and Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.

The Adams National Bank is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of Abigail Adams National
Bancorp,  Inc.,  headquartered in Washington,  DC. Adams currently operates five
offices  in DC and one in  Maryland.  The  bank is a  full-service  bank  with a
strategic   focus  on  serving   women,   minorities,   small   businesses   and
not-for-profit organizations in the Washington, DC area.

SOURCE: Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.