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Originally Posted by tedzan
Dist. #28 in Rochester is a POLITICAL identification.
For the purposes of the newly established tobacco revenue taxation identification at the turn of the 20th Century,
the Tax districts were numbered differently.
TED Z
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This information is from the Tobacco Trade Directory of the United States and Cuba. It outlines the tax districts set up by the I.R.S. for the collection of federal taxes on tobacco.
These are the New York districts per the directory and the men responsible for collecting those taxes in each district.
NEW YORK
1st Brooklyn: Edward B. Jordan
2nd New York: Charles Anderson
3rd New York: Ferdinand Eidman
14th Albany: John G. Ward
21st Syracuse: Peter E. Garlick
28th Rochester: Archie Sanders
Here's a bio for the Rochester collector:
Archie Dovell Sanders (1857-1941) — also known as Archie D. Sanders — of Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y., June 17, 1857. Son of Elizabeth (Dovell) Sanders and John Sanders. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1924, 1932, 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate); member of New York Republican State Committee, 1900-01;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 28th New York District, 1909; member of New York state senate 44th District, 1915-16; U.S. Representative from New York 39th District, 1917-33; chair of Genesee County Republican Party, 1929, 1939. Died, in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 15, 1941 (age 84 years, 28 days). Interment at Stafford Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.