BIO: Martin S. Decker; New York State
surname: Decker

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An Illustrated Legislative Manual
The New York Red Book
Containing the Portraits and Biographies of the U.S. Senators, Governor, State
Officers and Members of the Legislature; also with the Portraits of Judges and
Court Reporters, the New Constitution of the State, Election and Population
Statistics, and General Facts of Interest.
By Edgar L. Murlin
New Constitution Compiled by R. C. Cumming, O. L. Potter and F. B. Gilbert
Published, Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, Publishers, 1909

Copyright by J. B. Lyon Company, 1909

     Martin S. Decker, Pubic Service Commissioner of the Second District, was
born at Rosendale, Ulster county, New York, January 4, 1858. He received his
education at the public schools and from private tutors. He studied pharmacy
with Van Deusen Brothers at Kingston, New York, and in New York city,
receiving his diploma from the New York College of Pharmacy, and lived some
years as a pharmacist in New Paltz, New York, which has since been his legal
residence. In 1882 he became Deputy County Clerk of Ulster county and as such
had charge of the record work of the County and Supreme Courts. In 1887, when
the Interstate Commerce Commission was organized, he was appointed docket
clerk of that Commission, and he remained with that Commission from April 19,
1887, to June 30, 1907. In 1892 he was made Chief of the Division of
Examination and Assistant Secretary of the Commission, and in 1906 he was also
given the further duty of acting as Special Agent to hear cases as Referee of
the Commission, acting as such in the capacity of Deputy Commissioner. During
his connection with the Interstate Commerce Commission he pursued the study of
law and became thoroughly familiar with transportation law and practice. Since
1895 he has been fequently consulted and retained as an expert in
transportation law. Upon the passage of the Public Service Commissions Law by
the State of New York he was appointed a member of the Public Service
Commission for the Second District, taking office July 1, 1907.