Silas Wright Burt (April 5, 1830 – November 30, 1912) was a civil service reformer and naval officer of the port of New York.
Burt was born in
Albany, New York
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, the son of Thomas Burt and Lydia (Butts) Burt in 1830. In 1855, he married Jeanette Ferrell of
Logansport, Indiana
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Hi ...
. President
Rutherford B. Hayes
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appointed him Naval Officer of the Port of New York in 1878 as a part of his efforts to reform the civil service structure there. After his term expired in 1883, President
Chester A. Arthur
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appointed Burt to be Chief Examiner of the Civil Service System for the state of New York. President
Grover Cleveland
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reappointed him Naval Officer in 1885. He later served as Civil Service Commissioner of New York from 1895 to 1900.
His brother,
James Burt, was also a customs official in New York as well as a banker.
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1830 births
1912 deaths
Military personnel from Albany, New York