Exhibit 23.7


          The undersigned hereby consents to being named in the Registration
      Statement on Form S-4, initially filed by First Commerce Corporation on
      July 28, 1995, as becoming a director of First Commerce Corporation
      following consummation of the merger transaction between First Commerce
      Corporation and Central Corporation

                            
                                        Signed:  /s/ Hugh G. McDonald, Jr.
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                                                     Hugh G. McDonald, Jr.