Joseph Thomas Higgins (October 20, 1890 – August 30, 1980) was an American lawyer and politician from New York City.
He did one-year's study there, and in 1917, during World War I, he enlisted at Plattsburg training camp.
A noted college athlete, 1917 and 1918[2] he was the New England intercollegiate one half-mile and 600 yard champion and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club of New York City and the American team at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris.
[7] In 1932, he was the Democratic candidate for Sheriff of New York County to succeed Thomas M. Harley, who was removed from office by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and was the leader of Higgins' assembly district.
[9] In January 1935, now-President Roosevelt appointed Higgins Collector of Internal Revenue in the Third New York District.
Higgins was a friend of Roosevelt, and the appointment was made with the recommendation of Tammany Hall leader James J.
[3] By the end of his life, Higgins was married to Eleanor Farley and resided at Hampton Bays.