Simeon Draper
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Simeon Draper was an American politician from New York
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where he settled as a merchant. He married a daughter of John Haggerty, and they had four children.
Draper was a friend of Daniel Webster
and William H. Seward
and a member of the Whig Party
. He began his political career in the 1840s when he was appointed a member of the Board of Ten Governors, then in charge of New York City charities.
In the 1850s, he was Superintendent of Canal Repairs on the Cayuga and Seneca Canal.
He was one of the original Police Commissioners of the New York Metropolitan Police District, established on April 16, 1857, but resigned before the end of his one-year term.
He was Collector of the Port of New York
from September 1864 to August 1865.
William B. Draper
was his brother.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
He was a merchant's clerk in Boston, Massachusetts before coming to New York CityNew York City
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where he settled as a merchant. He married a daughter of John Haggerty, and they had four children.
Draper was a friend of Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests...
and William H. Seward
William H. Seward
William Henry Seward, Sr. was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson...
and a member of the Whig Party
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
. He began his political career in the 1840s when he was appointed a member of the Board of Ten Governors, then in charge of New York City charities.
In the 1850s, he was Superintendent of Canal Repairs on the Cayuga and Seneca Canal.
He was one of the original Police Commissioners of the New York Metropolitan Police District, established on April 16, 1857, but resigned before the end of his one-year term.
He was 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...
from September 1864 to August 1865.
William B. Draper
William B. Draper
William B. Draper was an importer and president of the Flushing National Bank in Flushing, New York. He was one of seventeen children of Simeon Draper. His brother, Simeon, was Collector of the Port of New York...
was his brother.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 439; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9803E7D9153CE132A25754C0A9679D946791D7CF Obit in NYT on November 7, 1866
- Bio in The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events published by D. Appleton and Company, 1867; page 275