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Nevada N. Stranahan (February 27, 1861 – July 6, 1928) was a Collector of the Port of New York who was born in Oswego County, New York.

Career

He studied law at Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Co., 1st D.) in 1890, 1891 and 1892; and was District Attorney of Oswego County.

He was a member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th District from 1896 to 1902, sitting in the 119th, 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th and 125th New York State Legislatures. In March 1902, he was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as Collector of the Port of New York, and resigned his seat in the Senate. Illness forced him to resign the collectorship in 1907.

Death

Stranahan died in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England on July 6, 1928. His wife Elsie predeceased him in 1922. Afterward he lived in Winwick with his daughter Louise, the wife of Major Henry Torrens. He was survived by his daughter and a sister, Mrs. Cora Stranahan Woodward, of New York City.

References

1. Prominent and progressive Americans: an encyclopædia of contemporaneous biography. Vol. 2. New York Tribune. 1904. p. 214.
2. Newspaper article, Nevada N. Stranahan named, New York Times, March 21, 1902
3. Newspaper article, Stranahan May Resign, New York Times, October 8, 1907
4. Newspaper article, Col. Fowler Sworn In, Wall Street Journal, December 27, 1907
5. Monumental inscription in Winwick Churchyard
6. N.N. Stranahan Dead; Ex Port Official Here, New York Times, July 12, 1928, pg. 16.

• Republican Party New York (state) state senators
• People from Oswego County, New York
• 1861 births
• 1928 deaths
• Collectors of the Port of New York
• Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
• People from West Northamptonshire District
• Oswego County District Attorneys
• 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
• 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature