Commissioners of Common School     Minutes of 1854
City of Schenectady 1854

First Ward
Paige, Alonzo C., attorney
(Schenectady Bank, Vice-President -  Schenectady Savings Bank , President -  Utica and Schenectady Rail Road,  Director -  Chancery Reporter - Member of New York State Senate 3rd District, 1839-42 - The first elected Supreme Court Justice, 1847 - 1868.

Van Vranken, Nicholas, merchant

Second Ward
Moore, David M.

Duane, William N., Dr.
Schenectady County Agricultural Society, member of the standing committee

Third Ward
Chequer, Charles, shoemaker

Champion, Hiram, grocer

Fourth Ward
Demetrius M. Chadsey (no record)

Isaac G. Duryee, Rev.

1854
Mayor
Mordecai Myers (Whig)