Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cash Payments:
Interest	$	17,435,292	$	13,414,134	$	16,020,132
Income taxes paid		45,715,968		31,350,000		27,150,000
Noncash Transactions:
Loans charged-off to the allowance for loan losses		21,148,034		7,702,661		17,252,736
Loans foreclosed upon with repossessions transferred to other real estate		341,342		4,649,852		4,630,251
Loans foreclosed upon with repossessions transferred to other repossessed assets		8,259,368		2,262,573		699,212

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Calculations

The following is a summary of the basic and diluted earnings per share calculation for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015:

	2015		2014		2013
Basic earnings per share calculation:
Numerator - Net income available to common stockholders	$	95,509,402	$	70,471,167	$	57,726,201
Denominator – Weighted average common shares outstanding		37,015,468		34,723,335		34,200,770
Basic net income per common share available to common stockholders	$	2.58	$	2.03	$	1.69
Diluted earnings per share calculation:
Numerator - Net income available to common stockholders	$	95,509,402	$	70,471,167	$	57,726,201
Denominator – Weighted average common shares outstanding		37,015,468		34,723,335		34,200,770
Dilutive shares contingently issuable		958,320		403,555		308,491
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding		37,973,788		35,126,890		34,509,261
Diluted net income per common share available to common stockholders	$	2.52	$	2.01	$	1.67