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The American Political Items Collectors is a 501(c)3 non profit organization founded in 1945 to encourage the study, collecting, and preservation of political campaign memorabilia. [1] [2] It is the largest organization of political memorabilia collectors in the United States. The group actively seeks to educate the general public about ...
John Warren Johnson (January 29, 1929 – January 6, 2023) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Johnson went to Southwest High School in Minneapolis. He then received his bachelor's degree in economics and political science from University of Minnesota in 1951. He then served in the United States Navy.
William H. Burke Jr. (1906-1975) was an American political figure who served as chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party and Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston. Early life [ edit ]
John Phelan (born 1964), is an American businessman and art collector. In November 2024, president-elect Donald Trump announced Phelan as his nominee for United States Secretary of the Navy . [ 1 ]
William Henry Dorsey (October 23, 1837 – January 9, 1923) was an American bibliophile, artist, scrapbooker, numismatist, social historian and collector of Black history and art. He was most noted for the 388 scrapbooks he compiled of newspaper and magazine clippings chronicling Black life in his hometown of Philadelphia and across the country ...
In 1829, shortly after he was elected, Jackson appointed Swartwout to be customs collector for the Port of New York. The United States at that time got about 90% of its revenue from tariffs on ...
A graduate of Harvard College, he was an unsuccessful businessman and tax collector before concentrating on politics. He was an influential official of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Boston Town Meeting in the 1760s, and he became a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliament 's efforts to tax the British American ...
The Federalists were the first American political party in 1787. They were businessmen and merchants who wanted a strong central government to protect industry.