Nevada N. Stranahan was a Collector of the Port of New York

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, sometimes also as Collector of Customs for the Port of New York or Collector of Customs for the District of New York, was a federal officer who was in charge of the collection of import...

 who was born in Oswego County, New York

Oswego County, New York

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Career

He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served in the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 for four years, was District Attorney of Oswego County, and served seven years in the New York Senate. Stranahan resigned from the senate in 1903 after he was appointed Collector of the Port of New York by President Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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. Illness forced him to resign from the collectorship in 1907.

Death

Stranahan died in Winwick

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, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

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, England on July 6 1928. His wife Elsie predeceased him in 1922. Afterward he lived in Winwick with his daughter Louise, the wife of Major Henry Torrens. He was survived by his daughter and a sister, Mrs. Cora Stranahan Woodward, of New York City

New York City

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