Collector of the Port of New York
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.
Collector of the Port of New York
Image: General John Lamb
Image: Joshua Sands
Image: David Gelston, 1744 1828
Chester Alan Arthur was an American politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who briefly served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield. Arthur assumed the presidency after Garfield's death on September 19, 1881, and served the remainder of his term until March 4, 1885.
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur's birthplace in Fairfield, Vermont
The New York Custom House (formerly the Merchants' Exchange building at 55 Wall Street) was Arthur's office for seven years.
A cartoon depicting President Rutherford B. Hayes kicking Arthur out of the New York Custom House