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5 unusual facts about Collector of the Port of New York


Collector of the Port of New York

Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. was nominated December 1877, and rejected by the US Senate

Joshua R. Sands

Sands was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1795, the son of Joshua Sands (1757–1835), who served as a U.S. Representative and Collector of the Port of New York.

United States presidential election in New York, 1880

New York was won by the Republican nominees, Congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio and his running mate former Collector of the Port of New York Chester A. Arthur of New York.

William F. Creed

William F. Creed (1845 - November 8, 1903) of Malone, New York, was appointed auditor at the Manhattan Custom House by Daniel Magone, the Collector of the Port of New York.

He was appointed auditor at the Manhattan Custom House by Daniel Magone, the Collector of the Port of New York.


David Gelston

Gelston was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson Collector of the Port of New York in 1801, and held that post until 1821 when he retired.


see also

Edwin Merritt

Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828–1916), Civil War general and collector of the port of New York