Commissioner of Common Schools

Term Start
Term End
Name
1856
1857
1855
1855
C. E. Smith
1854
1854
1851
1853
S. L. Bestow
1848
1850
Tobias Witmer
1847
1847
1846
1846
Edmund J. Smally
1845
1845
Tobias Witmer
1844
1844
William H. Hutchinson
1843
1843
Grant Ladd
1842
1843
Henry Herr, II
1842
1843
John S. King
1840
1842
Jasper B. Youngs
1841
1841
Christian Frick
1841
1841
Benjamin Hershey
1840
1840
John Frick
1837
1840
John S. King
1834
1840
Luther Spaulding
1839
1839
Grant Ladd
1838
1838
Calvin Ely
1837
1837
Timothy A. Hopkins
1836
1836
Jacob Hershey
1835
1836
John Grove
1835
1835
Jesse Vaughan
1833
1834
Benjamin Hershey
1833
1834
Arthur H. Moulton
1827
1834
Israel N. Ely
1833
1833
Josiah Dunbar
1832
1832
John Hutchinson
1832
1832
Grant Ladd
1831
1831
Arthur H. Moulton
1830
1831
Jesse Vaughan
1828
1830
John Hutchinson
1829
1829
Arthur H. Moulton
1827
1828
George Horner
1827
1828
Beldon Slosson
1826
1826
Jesse Vaughan
1824
1826
John Hutchinson
1824
1826
Parley Ladd
1822
1825
Amos Robinson
1823
1823
John Hershey
1822
1823
Peter Hershey
1820
1822
Job Bestow
1821
1821
George Burk
1821
1821
Joseph Hershey
1820
1821
John Herr
1820
1820
William A. Carpenter
1820
1820
Benjamin C. Congdon
1820
1820
T. Howland
1820
1820
Abraham Miller
1820
1820
Lucius Storrs
1820
1820
Foster Young
1819
1819
Nathaniel Henshaw
1819
1819
Christian Hershey
1819
1819
Alexander Hitchcock

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The Town of Amherst was established in 1818 and celebrated its 200th Anniversary in 2018. The town has a geographical area of 53.6 square miles and a population of greater than 122,000.

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