From the Town Historian's Office
All the early records for the Town of Alexandria are lost, but it is known that James Shurtliff was the first town supervisor; Ashley Tanner, assessor; and Allen Cole and Joel Parker inspectors of elections. The following is a list of supervisors from the organization of the town, as given in Hough's 1854 History of Jefferson County, supplemented by Hazel McMane, Town Historian.
| DATE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|
| 1822 | JAMES SHURTLIFF |
| 1829 | JOHN D. DAVIDSON |
| 1833-5 | JASON CLARK |
| 1836 | J.D. DAVIDSON |
| 1837 | J. CLARK |
| 1838 | JOHN W. FULLER |
| 1839-40 | MICHAEL LEWIS |
| 1841 | *ALEXANDER SALISBURY |
| 1842 | J. CLARK |
| 1843-9 | HARVEY D. PARKER |
| 1850 | GEORGE W. CLARK |
| 1851 | MOSES JEWETT |
| 1852 | H.D. PARKER |
| 1853-4 | ANDREW CORNWALL |
| 1855 | JASON CLARK |
| 1856 | JASON CLARK |
| 1857 | JASON CLARK |
| 1858-9 | WM. W. BUTTERFIELD |
| 1860 | ANDREW CORNWALL |
| 1861 | WM. BUTTERFIELD |
| 1862-5 | A. CORNWALL |
| 1866 | W.W. BUTTERFIELD |
| 1867 | EBENEZER CAMPBELL |
| 1868 | M.J. HUTCHINS |
| 1869 | E. CAMPBELL |
| 1870-2 | WM. H. THOMPSON |
| 1873-4 | NEWTON RAND |
| 1875-7 | A.A. HOLMES |
| 1878-80 | R. GURNEE |
| 1881-3 | A.C. CORNWALL |
| 1884 | T.B. MARSHALL |
| 1885-7 | A. BICKLEHAUPT |
| 1888 | A.C. CORNWALL |
| 1889-93 | E.T. HOLMES |
| 1894-97 | W.M. THOMPSON |
| 1898-1901 | ADAM BICKLEHAUPT |
| 1907 | HERBERT H. HOWE |
| 1908-13 | FULLER F. CORNWALL |
| 1914 | |
| 1915 | CLARK A. VAN BROCKLIN |
| 1916 | |
| 1917-20 | RALPH REID |
| 1921-23 | RALPH REID |
| 1924 | |
| 1925 | |
| 1926 | |
| 1927 | WM. PLIMPTON |
| 1928-29 | FRANK JEWETT |
| 1930-33 | WM. PLIMPTON |
| 1934-39 | ROSS PARKER |
| 1940-1945 | J. LOWELL FITZSIMMONS |
*at a special meeting in May J. Clark
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