death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name mayor
eastbourne , england 25 february 1914 john j. scannell manhattan , new york nicholas j. hayes republican fire commissioner of the city of new york 6 april 1846 2nd 1896 thomas sturgis
 1902 thomas sturgis seth low
thomas sturgis

thomas sturgis was appointed the second fire commissioner of the consolidated city of new york by mayor seth low on january 1 , 1902 and served in that position until the end of the low administration on december 31 , 1903 .
prior to this he served as a fire commissioner under william lafayette strong , replacing austin e. ford .
