title: Joseph P. Kelly (New York politician)
text: # Joseph P. Kelly (New York politician)
  
  Joseph P. Kelly (January 6, 1894 – September 2, 1968) was an American politician from New York.
  
  ## Early life
  
  He was born on January 6, 1894, in New York.
  
  ## Career
  
  Kelly was appointed on February 16, 1955, by Governor W. Averell Harriman as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. He remained in office until March 1959.
  
  On June 1, 1961, he was nominated by President John F. Kennedy as Collector of the Port of New York. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and took office on July 5, 1961. 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.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died on September 2, 1968, in the St. Joseph's Manor nursing home in Trumbull, Connecticut.
  
  