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  FORM 4

  (   )  Check this box if no longer
         subject to Section 16.  Form 4
         or Form 5 obligations may continue.
         See Instruction 1(b).

         U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION       _____________________
                 WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549              |   OMB APPROVAL      |
       STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP   |_____________________|
                                                      |OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287|
                                                      |EXPIRES:             |
                                                      | December 31, 2001   |
       Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the         |ESTIMATED AVERAGE    |
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934,             |BURDEN HOURS         |
        Section 17(a) of the Public Utility           |PER RESPONSE 0.5     |
          Holding Company Act of 1935                 |_____________________|
       or Section 30(f) of the Investment
              Company Act of 1940
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
    Pollack,    Lester
    Thirty Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 5050
    New York, NY  10020
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
    U.S. Bancorp  (NYSE:USB)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 3. IRS OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF REPORTING PERSON (VOLUNTARY)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 4. Statement for Month/Year
    11/99
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 6. Relationship of reporting person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    (  ) DIRECTOR
    (  ) 10% OWNER
    (  ) OFFICER (GIVE TITLE BELOW)
    (XX) OTHER (SPECIFY TITLE BELOW)
         Observer to Board of Directors
         _____________________________________________________
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 7. Individual, or Joint/Group Filing (Check all applicable)
    (XX) Form filed by One Reporting Person
    (  ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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 TABLE I
 Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)
    No securities owned*
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 6. Ownership Form: Direct(D) or Indirect(I) (Instr. 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities
            beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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 TABLE II
 Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
 (e.g., Puts, Calls, Warrants, Options, Convertible securities)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
         (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 8. Price of Derivative Securities (Instr. 5)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month
         (Instr. 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct(D) or Indirect(I)
         (Instr. 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:



           /s/ Lester Pollack                         December 6, 1999
    _____________________________________           __________________
  **  SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON                     DATE

 _____________________________

    **  INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
        CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.  SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 AND 15 U.S.C. 78FF(A).


      *  Corporate Advisors, L.P. ("Corporate Advisors"), of which Mr.
 Pollack is senior managing director, is the general partner of each of
 Corporate Partners, L.P. ("Corporate Partners") and Corporate Offshore
 Partners, L.P. ("Offshore"; together with Corporate Partners, the
 "Partnerships").  After giving effect to the transactions described below,
 Corporate Partners is the record owner of 5,530,895 shares of common stock,
 par value $1.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), of U.S. Bancorp (the
 "Company").  After giving effect to the transactions described below,
 Offshore is the record owner of 402,179 shares of Common Stock.  LFCP Corp.
 is the general partner of Corporate Advisors and a wholly owned subsidiary
 of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, a New York limited liability company
 ("Lazard").  Mr. Pollack is Chairman, Treasurer and a director of LFCP
 Corp. and serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the Company.

      Corporate Advisors acts as an investment manager for the State Board
 of Administration of Florida ("State Board") pursuant to an investment
 management agreement between the State Board and Corporate Advisors, dated
 as of June 17, 1988 (the "Investment Management Agreement"), with respect
 to account assets held in a certain custody account of the State Board.
 After giving effect to the transactions described below, the State Board is
 the record owner of 586,926 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
 Investment Management Agreement.

      Pursuant to the partnership agreements of the Partnerships, Corporate
 Advisors, as general partner of the Partnerships, has sole and exclusive
 right, power and authority to vote and dispose of all of the shares of
 Common Stock owned by the Partnerships.  Pursuant to the Investment
 Management Agreement, Corporate Advisors has the sole and exclusive right,
 power and authority to vote and dispose of all of the shares of Common
 Stock owned on behalf of the State Board pursuant to the Investment
 Management Agreement.

      Mr. Pollack disclaims "beneficial ownership" (as such term is defined
 in Rule 16a-1(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended) of the shares of Common Stock owned by the Partnerships and the
 State Board.

      On November 8, 1999 sales were made on behalf of Corporate Partners,
 Offshore and the State Board of 424,150 shares, 30,842 shares and 45,008
 shares, respectively, of Common Stock at a price of $37.125 per share.





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