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Cash 5: 8-15-23-29-35 LOTTERIES Thename and hometown of hot air balloonist Barr DiLibero of Chester Springs, Pa. were incorrectly reported on Page 14A in a photo caption on Sunday. CORRECTION John A. Collier of Binghamton has the honor of a downtown city street named in his memory. He was a figure of some note in the 19th century as a prominent lawyer and politician.

When he died on March 24, 1873, a glowing obituary in the Binghamton Daily Democrat read in part: a lawyer, Mr. Collier was learned and precise. He was an able pleader, a prudent counselor and thoroughly onorable in his dealings with clients and members of the What the obituary mention is that Collier may have had a dark side. Tales spread by his political foes indicated hat, away from the court- oom, the Binghamton awyer engaged in some ess than honorable practices that derailed his political career. His alleged record of licen- iousness is shocking ven by stand ards, and must have been a real jaw dropper in the middle of the 19th century.

ure and simple, Coll ier a said ichael F. Holt, professor emeritus of American history at the University of Virginia and author of The Rise and Fall of the American Whig a efinitive history of that party that was prominent i mid-19th century politics before breaking apart over the issue of slavery. Collier was born in itchfield, Conn. In 1787, attended Yale College now Yale University) and came to Binghamton in 1809 after being admitted to the bar in Troy, N.Y. He as successful from the eginning and served as roome County district a ttorney from 1818 to 1822 and a member of the U.S.

Congress from 1831to 1833 before being defeat- for re-election. With uccess came a mansion hat Collier built in 1837 on what is now the corner of Prospect Avenue and Eldridge Street. A the same time, Coll ier became active in New ork state politics as a member of the Whig Party, one of the major political parties rom the 1830s to the 1850s. He was a strong upporter of Millard Fillmore, a U.S. Congress- an and state comptroller, in battle with a wing of the party headed by William Sewa rd.

Fillmore, of course, ould later become a ediocre president of the United States while Seward would become a distinguished Secretary of tate. ne fallout from the i ntra-party squabble was hat supporters, called Sewardites, came to despise Collier, Holt wrote in his book. The ewardites, in letters ritten at the time, iewed the Binghamton lawyer with loathing and contempt as intellectually unqualified, dishonest a nd an undignified ine, low buffoon whose morals are notoriously profligate to the lowest The letters are an indi- ation that down and dirty politics new. But the ewardites may have had apoint, Holt said. Accordi ng to their reports, Collier was a notorious womanizer with a fondness for young girls and ther wives not xactly good career oves then or now.

Nonetheless, Collier seems to have avoided public scandal, and for a ime his political career as a promising one. He erved as New York state omptroller in 1841and 1842, was a member of the state Legislature and worked as a commission- to revise state statues i 1847. He was also a residential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848. And for a brief moment, Collier gained ome national notoriety. hat attention came uring the Whig national convention year in 1848.

Badly split over the slavery issue, the con- ention had nominated Zachary Taylor, a ouisiana slaveholder, for president, threatening to plinter the party. At that point, Collier rose to give astirring speech that helped hold the party ogether. In it, Collier said hat the New York delega- ion could support Taylor and followed this declaration with the suggestion that the convention nominate Fillmore for vice president as a peace offering to placate the Northern wing of the party. speech, though not pitched in a very xalted key, was so subtle and telling that it threw the convention into the book, A olitical History of New York, states. Fillmore got the vice presidential nomination, and Collier cored great triumph, iving him a reputation as a speaker that later fforts did not the book added.

Collier quite naturally wanted a quid pro quo, a nd two years later he eemed poised to get one. I July 1850, Fillmore ascended to the presidency following the death of Taylor, and the new presi- ent wanted to repay his olitical debt by appoint- i ng Collier as solicitor of the treasury. But sordid reputation was such that friends were scandalized and some abinet members threatened to resign, Holt said. till, Fillmore held fast for a while until opponents played their trump card by threaten- i ng to tell Mrs. Fillmore a bout the Binghamton alleged peccadilloes.

So much for the appointment. Not willing to risk the wrath of his wife, Fillmore dropped the idea like a bad habit. Collier never got his federal job. As a consolation prize, Collier's son, James, was a ppointed as collector of taxes in San Francisco. The appointment didn't go well either.

James was a rrested twice for assault on his way across the country and was a major flop in his job in San Franc isco. After only six onths on the post he was emoved for fiscal mal- easance. After the Fillmore debacle, John Collier seems to have dropped rom the political scene. I lost track of Holt aid. Perhaps, there was too many skeletons rattling around in his closest for him to continue in pub- ic life.

Or maybe he was isillusioned after failing get the federal appointment. Nonetheless, Collier continued to practice law, and comments made a the time of his death show no whiff of public candal. In fact, they were laudatory. ollier married three times and was the great- grandfather of U.S. Representative Edwin Arthur all.

He is buried in pring Forest Cemetery i Binghamton. SERIALIZATION: THE SEAMY SIDE OF THE STREET: COLORFUL CHARACTERS FROM BROOME Lawyer earned posthumous praise Collier had street named in his honor despite scandals PROVIDED PHOTO John A. home, Ingleside, on Chenango Street in Binghamton. ABOUT THE BOOK This is an excerpt from the Seamy Side of the Street: Colorful Characters from Broome by Gerald R. Smith and George Basler, which details the lives of some of the most interesting people, including crooked politicians, serial killers, famous madams, sensational murder cases and notable street people.

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Bodner EXECUTIVE EDITOR Neill A. Borowski ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Jodie Riesbeck FINANCE DIRECTOR Eric Miller INFORMATION DIRECTOR Jay Keller GANNETT PUBLISHING SERVICES, GENERAL MANAGER OPERATIONS Kevin J. Crane for 4 column for 3 column of 353 volunteers are junior volunteers, meaning they are between 14 and 17, Lomonaco said. Meanwhile, at United Health Services facilities, high school students make up roughly one- uarter of the 700- member volunteer cadre. unior volunteers at Lourdes donated 2,854 hours of service, valued at $60,972, in 2013, Lomonaco said.

They work in the gift shop, pharmacy and offices. When they turn 16, they can also work in patient care units, doing routine but necessary tasks such as filling water pitchers and visiting patients. learning from the omonaco said. In the process, they a breath of fresh to the hospital, she added. Eiche has spent four ears volunteering in the pharmacy and also in a retail pharmacy in the hospital.

One of her main tasks is delivering intravenous medications to nursing stations. Her organizational skills come i nto play as she organizes items on the delivery cart by floor and area. olunteers, such as Eiche, are important because they help the such as delivering medications, so the phar- acy staff can concentrate on clinical issues, said Shirley Simeck, opera tions manager in the hospital pharmacy. (Eiche) is a great id. part of the pharmacy Simeck added.

he best thing about volunteering has been getting to know the staff a nd learning from them, iche said. Her time at ourdes definitely convinced her that she wants to go into the medical field. The work at Lourdes as also given her a great deal of personal satisfaction. learned about the i mmediate effects of volunteering, and how it helps the he said. For example, many times nurses will call and eed medications right away.

her job to get them there as uickly as possible. Eiche emembered one particu- ar case when a woman ran into problems during labor and needed an IV immediately. She ran it over, and the woman got he medication she needed. felt pretty she recalled. he only downside about volunteering is a nap in the a Eiche said, with a laugh.

She play sports, but she still ad to fit her hospital work in between a part- time job at Wegmans and chool work. A Vestal High School, he was a member of the National Honor Society and finished 30th in a graduating class of 280. She was a member of the chool chapter of Partners in Health, an international organization that works to bring medicine to Third World countries. The Vestal chapter raised money for the organization through fundraising vents. Eiche said she might choose a career path that ntails working overseas.

She is interested in different cultures and has already signed up to be a conversation partner ith an incoming foreign student at Binghamton University. he said she knows her generation is sometimes labeled as detached, but he thinks unfair. It certainly true of her friends, she said. a re good people in our generation. That can be a false she aid.

Eiche Continued from Page 2A LOURDES HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Volunteers assist hospital staff with general tasks. The junior volunteer program involves teenagers from 14 to 17 years old. Volunteers are required to put in a minimum of 50 hours very three months. In 2013, adult volunteers put in 24,462 hours of service, valued at $522,102. Junior volunteers put in 2,854 hours of ervice, valued at $60,072.

For information on becoming a volunteer, call the Volunteer Services Department at (607) 798-5490 or email: lourdes.com. Volume 29, Number 308.