| Joseph P. Kelly | |
| Office: | 41st Collector of the Port of New York |
| Term Start: | 1961 |
| Term End: | 1966 |
| Predecessor: | James R. Macduff |
| Successor: | Office abolished |
| Office1: | Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles |
| Governor1: | W. Averell Harriman |
| Term Start1: | 1955 |
| Term End1: | 1959 |
| Predecessor1: | James R. Macduff |
| Successor1: | William S. Hults Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1894 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Death Place: | Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S. |
Joseph P. Kelly (January 6, 1894 – September 2, 1968) was an American politician from New York.
He was born on January 6, 1894, in New York.[1]
Kelly was appointed on February 16, 1955, by Governor W. Averell Harriman as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.[2] He remained in office until March 1959.
On June 1, 1961, he was nominated by President John F. Kennedy as Collector of the Port of New York.[3] He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and took office on July 5, 1961.[4] Kelly was the last person to hold this office which was abolished in 1966 when the structure of the United States Customs Service was changed.
He died on September 2, 1968, in the St. Joseph's Manor nursing home in Trumbull, Connecticut.[5]