Daniel Magone, New York political figure.

Daniel Magone (January 12, 1827 – September 4, 1904) was an American lawyer who was Collector of the Port of New York during the first administration of United States President Grover Cleveland.[1]

Early life

Magone was born in Oswegatchie, New York into an Irish Catholic family.[2][3]

Career

Magone became a member of the New York Canal Commission during the governorship of Samuel Tilden, in 1875. The next year he served as chairman of the Democratic Party (United States) state committee. During Tilden's unsuccessful run for the presidency versus Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, he was a delegate at the Democratic National Convention.

In January 1878, he was nominated by Governor Lucius Robinson to be Superintendent of Public Works but was rejected by the New York State Senate. He was again selected a delegate to the convention which nominated Cleveland in 1884. Cleveland appointed Magone Collector of the Port of New York in 1886.[4]

Personal life

Magone died at his Caroline Street home in Ogdensburg, New York, in 1904. He had been in declining health for some time. He was survived by his wife and a daughter.[5]

References

  1. ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1903). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. p. 975. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ Flick, Alexander Clarence (2000). New York History: Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association. The Association. p. 199. Retrieved 7 July 2017. an Irish Catholic lawyer from northern New York, Daniel Magone
  3. ^ Puy, William Harrison De; Redall, Henry Frederic (1889). The New People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge. Hunt & Eaton. p. 1880. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives to Inquire Into the Alleged Violation of the Laws Prohibiting the Importation of Contract Laborers, Paupers, Convicts, and Other Classes: Together with the Testimony, Documents and Consular Reports Submitted to the Committee. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1889. pp. 491–492. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Daniel Magone Dead. Was Collector of the Port in Cleveland's First Administration". The New York Times. September 5, 1904. Retrieved 2011-05-12. Daniel Magone, Collector of the Port of New York in President Cleveland's first Administration, and one of the leading attorneys of the State...

External links

Party political offices Preceded byAllen C. Beach Chairman of the New YorkState Democratic Committee September 1875–1877 Succeeded byWilliam Purcell Government offices Preceded byEdward L. Hedden Collector of the Port of New York 1886–1889 Succeeded byJoel Erhardt
New York State Democratic Committee
Collectors of the Port of New York
Categories