Sentence examples for appointed collector from inspiring English sources

In August 1879, he was appointed Collector of Customs and Treasurer of the Gold Coast, an appointment he kept until 1882.

Mr. Johnson, a Negro lawyer, was appointed Collector by President Roosevelt in the fall of 1943.

(He fought an epic battle to get a black man named William D. Crum appointed Collector of the Port of Charleston).

Arthur, meanwhile, had in 1871 been appointed collector of the Custom House, a position described by Greenberger as "the most lucrative job in the entire federal government".

After several years of practicing law, Frick was elected to the Maryland Senate representing Baltimore City and in 1837 was appointed collector of the port for the District of Maryland by President Jackson.

Later, British general John Goldsborough Ravenshaw was appointed collector of South Canara.

In 1887, his father was appointed rate collector (i.e., a collector of local property taxes) by Dublin Corporation; the family subsequently moved to the fashionable adjacent small town of Bray 12 mile from Dublin.

In 1871, with Conkling's backing, Arthur was appointed customs collector for the port of New York City by President Ulysses S. Grant.

Later, President Polk appointed him Collector of Customs.

In 1845 President James K. Polk appointed Morton collector of the port of Boston; he served four years.

In 1841 President William Henry Harrison appointed Lincoln collector of the Port of Boston, a post he held until September 1843.