Later Life
John Whiteaker would be called back into politics one more time, in 1885 when President Grover Cleveland appointed him as Oregon's Collector of Revenues at the U.S. Customs House in Portland. He moved back to Eugene after 1890, purchasing 10 city blocks in the central city. The plat, Whiteaker's Addition, is commonly known as the Whiteaker neighborhood. He stayed in Eugene until his death on October 2, 1902, and he is buried there in the Masonic Cemetery. Whiteaker Elementary School in Eugene is named in his honor.
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