Joseph P. Kelly (New York politician)
Joseph P. Kelly (January 6, 1894 – September 2, 1968) was an American politician from New York.[1] Kelly was appointed on February 16, 1955, by Governor W. Averell Harriman as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.On June 1, 1961, he was nominated by President John F. Kennedy as Collector of the Port of New York.[4] Kelly was the last person to hold this office which was abolished in 1966 when the structure of the United States Customs Service was changed.He died on September 2, 1968, in the St. Joseph's Manor nursing home in Trumbull, Connecticut.