The Collector of Customs at the Port of New York, most often referred to as Collector of the Port of New York, was a federal officer who was in charge of the collection of import duties on foreign goods that entered the United States by ship at the Port of New York.
The best-known individual to hold the position was Chester A. Arthur, who served as collector from 1871 to 1878 and who later served as the 21st president of the United States.
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1897) was a lawyer, judge and political figure who served as CollectorofthePortofNewYork, an important federal government post in pre-Sixteenth Amendment...
Assistant Secretary of State. Later in 1913, Wilson appointed him CollectorofthePortofNewYork, an important patronage position. As Collector, Malone resisted...
the Swartwout-Hoyt scandal, in which he was alleged to have embezzled $1,222,705.09 ($35 million in 2023) during his tenure as CollectorofthePort of...
Lawrence served as CollectorofthePortofNewYork. He had a son, James Ogden Lawrence (died August 1, 1904). Lawrence died in Flushing (the same place he...
1794, and from 1798 to 1802. In 1801, Gelston was appointed CollectorofthePortofNewYork by President Thomas Jefferson, and held that post until 1821...
colored population" from holding public office. Chester Arthur, CollectorofthePortofNewYork, and his partisan subordinates Alonzo B. Cornell and George...
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