Editing Schuyler Colfax (section)

==Historical reputation==
Colfax's 20 years of public service ended in controversy in 1873 due to the revelation that he was involved in the Crédit Mobilier scandal. He never returned to seek political office in part because he believed that it was best to stay out of politics once leaving office, and in part because he was content with his life as a private citizen. Because of his success as a lecturer, his reputation was somewhat restored.

The [[United States Revenue Cutter Service|Revenue Cutter Service]] commissioned and named an iron-framed side-wheel steamer after Colfax in 1871. It served along the Atlantic Coast and hosted President McKinley aboard prior to her decommissioning in 1899.<ref name="USRC">{{cite book |title=Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933 |date=1934 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2437782/colfax-1871/}}</ref>
 
Towns in the U.S. states of [[Colfax, California|California]], [[Colfax, North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[Colfax, Illinois|Illinois]], [[Colfax, Washington|Washington]], [[Colfax, Wisconsin|Wisconsin]], [[Colfax, Indiana|Indiana]], [[Colfax, Iowa|Iowa]], [[Colfax, Texas|Texas]], and [[Colfax, Louisiana|Louisiana]] are named after him. [[Schuyler, Nebraska]], named after Colfax, is the county seat of [[Colfax County, Nebraska]]. The ghost town of [[Colfax, Colorado]], was named after him, as was [[Colfax County, New Mexico]].

Colfax Avenue in [[South Bend]] is named in his honor. Colfax's home of his adult years stood on that street, at 601 W. Market St. The city later renamed the street in his honor. The Colfax home was demolished and, {{As of|2025|lc=y}}, an [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]] church stands on the spot. There is another Colfax Avenue in [[Mishawaka, Indiana]], the city just east of South Bend. There is also a Colfax Avenue in the Grant City section of Staten Island, one of the boroughs of [[New York City]]. The main east–west street traversing [[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]], [[Denver]], and [[Lakewood, Colorado]], and abutting the [[Colorado State Capitol]] is named [[Colfax Avenue]] in the politician's honor; it is also known as the longest continuous commercial street in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Colfax Avenue |url=http://www.colfaxavenue.org/p/history-of-colfax-avenue.html |website=Colfax Avenue Museum |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> There is also a Colfax Place in the Highland Square neighborhood in [[Akron, Ohio]]; in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota; in [[Roselle Park, New Jersey]]; and a Colfax Street on [[Chicago]]'s South Side. There is a Colfax Street in [[Springdale, Pennsylvania]], that leads up Mt. Colfax as well as one in [[Palatine, Illinois]], in [[Evanston, Illinois]], and in [[Jamestown, New York]]. [[Dallas]], Texas, and one of its suburbs, [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]], each have separate residential roads named Colfax Drive. There is also a Colfax Avenue in the [[San Fernando Valley]] area of Los Angeles<ref>{{cite news |title=Colfax Meadows |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lV8EAAAAMBAJ&q=colfax+meadows |issue=1, Vol 45|publisher=Los Angeles Magazine |date=January 2000}}</ref> and in [[Concord, California]], as well as in [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]].

Colfax School was built in [[South Bend]] and opened in 1898 just a few blocks from the Schuyler Colfax home. The school building still stands, as of 2019, at 914 Lincoln Way West, although it is no longer a school and today is known as Colfax Cultural Center. In the 1950s and 1960s, one of the downtown movie theaters was The Colfax. There is a Colfax Elementary School in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania. The [[Schuyler-Colfax House]] in [[Wayne, New Jersey]], which was built by Colfax's ancestors, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waynetownship.com/historic-house-museums.html |title=Historic House Museums, Structures and Sites |website=Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department |publisher=Town of Wayne, NJ |access-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref>

The Schuyler Colfax monument in Colfax, California was made in his honor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/schuyler-colfax-monument/2b9d666c-d5a4-4722-978e-825ed1544ed8 | title=Schuyler Colfax Monument &#124; Sierra Nevada Geotourism }}</ref> There is another statue of Colfax in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.presidentsusa.net/colfaxstatue.html | title=Schuyler Colfax Statue - Indianapolis, Indiana }}</ref>