Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Illinois
# 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 | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | George Schneider | Republican | August 28, 1862 - June 26, 1866 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 10 | Joel D. Harvey | Republican | March 1876–1885 |
| 11 | Rensselaer Stone | Democratic | 1885–1890 |
| 12 | Christopher Mamer | Republican | 1890–1893 |
| 13 | William J. Mize | Democratic | 1893–1897 |
| 14 | Frederick E. Coyne | Republican | 1897–1901 |
| 15 | Henry L. Hertz | Republican | 1901–1910 |
| 16 | Samuel M. Fitch | Republican | 1910–1917 |
| 17 | Julius Smietanka | Democratic | 1917–1920 |
| 18 | Harry W. Mager | Republican | 1920–1921 |
| 19 | John C. Cannon | Republican | 1921–1923 |
| 20 | Mabel G. Reinecke | Republican | 1923–1931 |
| 21 | Gregory T. Van Meter | Democratic | 1931–1934 |
| 22 | Carter H. Harrison | Democratic | 1934–December 31, 1944 |
| 23 | Nigel D. Campbell | Democratic | January 1, 1945–July 31, 1947 |
| 24 | John T. Jarecki | Democratic | 1947–1953 |
