Collin H. Woodward

Collin H. Woodward (? – September 7, 1927) was the Tax Commissioner of New York City and Republican district leader.^[1] He succeeded Daniel S. McElroy as Tax Commissioner of New York City.

Biography

He died on September 7, 1927, in an automobile accident near Poughkeepsie, New York.^[2]

References

1. "Throng Mourns Collin Woodward. Many Persons Prominent in Political Circles at the Funeral Services. Masonic Ceremony Follows Religious Service. Burial to Be in Cincinnati". The New York Times. September 11, 1927. Retrieved 2010-10-14. Fifteen hundred persons gathered in the Fort Washington Collegiate Church and on the sidewalks outside yesterday afternoon when funeral services were held for Collin H. Woodward, former Tax Commissioner of New York and Republican district leader, who died on Wednesday in an automobile accident near Poughkeepsie.
2. "C. H. Woodward Dies As Auto Hits A Pole. Body of Former Tax Commissioner Is Pinned Under Car Near Poughkeepsie. Two Versions Are Given of How Machine Swerved Off Road and Down Declivity. Victim a Republican Leader and Holder of State Offices. Recently in Banking". The New York Times. September 8, 1927. Retrieved 2010-10-14. Collin H. Wodward, prominent member of the Republican organization in New York City and former Tax Commissioner of New York, was killed instantly near this city today when an automobile in which he was driving back to New York after a vacation crashed through a guard-rail, struck a telephone pole and ran part way down a ten-foot declivity at the side of the road.