End plate connections are widely used in steel structures, especially industrial buildings which may be susceptible to heavy loads and considerable seismic activities. These connections are used for column hinged bases, beam end plate connections, and beam flush moment connections. A finite element model has been established to evaluate the distribution of bolt forces, end plate behavior, and stress concentration in web of column/beam under pure axial tension. The developed finite element model takes into consideration material nonlinearity as well as contact at the various elements interface. A regression analysis has been used to formulate a simple equation to evaluate the bolt force. Several parameters are studied; namely end plate thickness, bolt diameter, and bolt arrangement. Many design considerations are investigated in this study in order to assess current design method for end plate connection subjected to axial tension. It is concluded that some of the design assumptions for the bolt force distribution is not consistent with the finite element results.