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 goo
The Custom House, New York, 1799 1815
General John Lamb
Joshua Sands
David Gelston, 1744 1828
James A. Garfield
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James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Ga
Collector of the Port of New York
…led to an ongoing feud from the 1860s to the 1880s between the party faction led by Roscoe Conkling and reformers who counted Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield among their number. The attempts at reform that began in the 1870s led to the political appointees at each port being placed on salaries rather than…
Garfield c. 1881
Replica of the log cabin in Moreland Hills, Ohio, where Garfield was born
Garfield at the age of 16
Lucretia Garfield in the 1870s