David P. Forrest

He was Clerk of Schenectady County from 1850 to 1852. He was Mayor of Schenectady in 1859.

He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1860 to 1862, elected in 1859 on the Republican ticket; and from 1865 to 1867, elected in 1864 on the Union ticket. In 1868, he was Warden of Sing Sing State Prison.

He is associated with the David P. Forrest house at 39 Front Street in Schenectady, New York. {{Cite web |title=- David P. Forrest House, 39 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ny0723.photos/?sp=1&st=image |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}{{Cite web |last=McKee |first=Harley J. |date=September 1962 |title=David P. Forest House, Written Data, HABS NY-3278 |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0700/ny0723/data/ny0723data.pdf |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Library of Congress}}

Sources

• [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA46 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 46 and 393; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=r_xLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA411 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 411 and 536)
• [http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/schenectady/officials.html] Schenectady history [name given as "David P. Forest" and giving wrong party affiliation]
• [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1868/12/21/79376928.pdf THE SING SING PRISON] in NYT on December 21, 1868
• [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1868/12/04/79380195.pdf THE SING SING MURDER] in NYT on December 4, 1868

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