He had been always a Democrat , but joined the Republican Party upon its foundation . He was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention . He was New York State Treasurer from 1860 to 1861 . While treasurer , he hosted first lady-elect , Mary Todd Lincoln , in a suite at the Astor House while she was visiting New York . During the U.S. Civil War , as Treasurer , Dorsheimer , along with Governor Edwin D. Morgan , awarded the clothing firm of Brooks Brothers the contract for the manufacture of 12,000 Union army uniforms . From 1862 to 1864 , he was Inland Tax Collector at Buffalo
1856 Republican National Convention
1856 Republican National Convention
Philip Dorsheimer