Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Illinois explained

The Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Illinois was an office created by the Revenue Act of 1862, the holder of which was responsible for the collection of income tax in the First District of Illinois, headquartered in Chicago. The First District was the largest tax collection district in the State of Illinois, and numerous important political figures received a patronage appointment to the office. By 1920, the First District had grown to encompass the counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Warren, Whiteside, Will, and Winnebago. The office was abolished in 1953, following the reorganization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue into the Internal Revenue Service.^[1]

Officeholders

Collector of Internal Revenue, 1st District of Illinois, 1862 - 1953

	Name	Political Party	Term
1	George Schneider	Republican	August 28, 1862 - June 26, 1866[2]
2	Orrin L. Mann	Republican	June 26, 1866 – June 18, 1868
3	John M. Corse	Democratic	June 18, 1868 – April 19, 1869
4	Edmund Jüssen	Republican	April 19, 1869 – December 1869
5	Hermann Raster	Republican	December 1869 – March 30, 1872[3]
6	Samuel A. Irvin	Republican	April 8, 1872 - 1874
7	Philip Wadsworth	Republican	1874–1875
8	Joseph Dana Webster	Republican	1875 - April 12, 1876
9	F.H. Battershall	Republican	March 12, 1876–March 31, 1876 (acting)
10	Joel D. Harvey	Republican	March 1876–1885[4]
11	Rensselaer Stone	Democratic	1885–1890[5]
12	Christopher Mamer	Republican	1890–1893[6]
13	William J. Mize	Democratic	1893–1897[7]
14	Frederick E. Coyne	Republican	1897–1901
15	Henry L. Hertz	Republican	1901–1910[8]
16	Samuel M. Fitch	Republican	1910–1917[9]
17	Julius Smietanka	Democratic	1917–1920[10]
18	Harry W. Mager	Republican	1920–1921[11]
19	John C. Cannon	Republican	1921–1923[12]
20	Mabel G. Reinecke	Republican	1923–1931
21	Gregory T. Van Meter	Democratic	1931–1934[13]
22	Carter H. Harrison	Democratic	1934–December 31, 1944[14]
23	Nigel D. Campbell	Democratic	January 1, 1945–July 31, 1947[15]
24	John T. Jarecki	Democratic	1947–1953[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Archives at Chicago - Internal Revenue Service . . March 20, 2020. archives.gov . National Archives . May 31, 2022 .
2. Book: History of Cook County, Illinois: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time . 1884 . A.T. Andreas . 565 . en.
3. Grant, Ulysses S. The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1873. N.p.: SIU, 1967. Print
4. Book: Bateman, Newton . 1904 . Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2 . Bell & Howell . 805 .
5. Book: Ahern, M.L. . 1886 . Political History of Chicago: (covering the Period from 1837 to 1887) Local Politics from the City's Birth; Chicago's Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officials; County and Federal Officers; the Fire and Police Departments; the Haymarket Horror; Miscellaneous . Donohue & Henneberry . 278 .
6. Book: . 1909 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America . Senate of the United States . 272 .
7. Book: . 1909 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America . Senate of the United States . 240 .
8. Book: . 1931 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Volume 33 . Senate of the United States . 105 .
9. Book: . 1931 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Volume 41 . Senate of the United States . 451 .
10. Book: Pacyga, Dominic . 2003 . Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922 . University of Chicago Press . 201 . 0226644243.
11. Book: . 1921 . Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 61, Part 2. U.S. Government Printing Office . 1260 .
12. Book: . 1959 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate, Volume 68, Issue 1, Part 1 . M. Glazier . 146 .
13. Book: . 1939 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Volume 75 . Senate of the United States . 33 .
14. Selected American Shares, Inc. V. United States of America . United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit . 1952 . https://books.google.com/books?id=41VHiZtpc0QC&q=illinois+first+district+collector+carter+harrison. May 31, 2022 .
15. Northern Trust Co. V. Campbell . United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit . 1953 . https://books.google.com/books?id=vMCVv8JJJw4C&q=nigel+campbell+first+district+collector. May 31, 2022 .
16. Book: . 1947 . Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Volume 89, Part 3 . Senate of the United States . 3127 .