Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Illinois

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.

Officeholders Collector of Internal Revenue, 1st District of Illinois, 1862–1953 # Name Political Party Term1George SchneiderRepublicanAugust 28, 1862 - June 26, 18662Orrin L. MannRepublicanJune 26, 1866 – June 18, 18683John M. CorseDemocraticJune 18, 1868 – April 19, 18694Edmund JüssenRepublicanApril 19, 1869 – December 18695Hermann RasterRepublicanDecember 1869 – March 30, 1872Grant, Ulysses S. The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1873. N.p.: SIU, 1967. Print6Samuel A. IrvinRepublicanApril 8, 1872 - 18747Philip WadsworthRepublican1874–18758Joseph Dana WebsterRepublican1875 - April 12, 18769F.H. BattershallRepublicanMarch 12, 1876–March 31, 1876 (acting)10Joel D. HarveyRepublicanMarch 1876–188511Rensselaer StoneDemocratic1885–189012Christopher MamerRepublican1890–189313William J. MizeDemocratic1893–189714Frederick E. CoyneRepublican1897–190115Henry L. HertzRepublican1901–191016Samuel M. FitchRepublican1910–191717Julius SmietankaDemocratic1917–192018Harry W. MagerRepublican1920–192119John C. CannonRepublican1921–192320Mabel G. ReineckeRepublican1923–193121Gregory T. Van MeterDemocratic1931–193422Carter H. HarrisonDemocratic1934–December 31, 194423Nigel D. CampbellDemocraticJanuary 1, 1945–July 31, 194724John T. JareckiDemocratic1947–1953

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