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United States Postmaster General

The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service

United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution

United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
and the United States Declaration of Independence

United States Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the Thirteen Colonies then at war with Kingdom of Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire....
. Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and Printer , Satire, list of political philosophers, politician, scientist, inventor, activism, statesman, and diplomacy....
was appointed by the Continental Congress

Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....
as the first Postmaster General, serving slightly longer than 15 months.

Until 1971, the Postmaster General was the head of the Post Office Department

United States Post Office Department

The Post Office Department is the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a United States Cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General....
(or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s). From 1829 to 1971, he was a member of the President's

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
Cabinet

United States Cabinet

The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first United States of America President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his dutie...
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The Cabinet post of Postmaster General was often given to a new President's campaign manager or other key political supporter, and was considered something of a sinecure

Sinecure

A sinecure means an office which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service. Sinecures have historically provided a potent tool for governments or monarchs to distribute patronage, while recipients are able to store up titles and easy salaries....
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The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service

United States Postal Service

United States Constitution

United States Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin

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President of the United States

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Sinecure

Patronage

Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege and often financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings or popes have provided to musicians, painters, and sculptors....
, and was a powerful position which held much influence within the party. For example, James Farley

James Farley

James Aloysius "Jim" Farley was an United States politician, business executive, and dignitary who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and as United States Postmaster General....
used his position as Postmaster General during Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
's New Deal

New Deal

The New Deal was the name that United States President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of central economic planning and economic stimulus programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving aid to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the Economy of the Unite...
administration to reward party loyalists within Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
who supported Roosevelt's initial "100 days" legislation with federal patronage for their states. Federal appointments, except for a small handful, were screened by Farley before the President could approve the appointments due to the patronage position of the Postmaster General.

In 1971, the Post Office Department was re-organized into the United States Postal Service

United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
, a special agency independent of the executive branch. Thus, the Postmaster General is no longer a member of the Cabinet and is no longer in line to be President. During the Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, the Confederate States of America

Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
also had a Confederate Post-Office Department, headed by a Postmaster General, John Henninger Reagan

John Henninger Reagan

John Henninger Reagan , was a leading History of the United States Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Texas. A United States Democratic Party, Reagan left the United States House of Representatives when his state secession from the Union to join the Confederate States of America....
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The current Postmaster General is also CEO of the U.S. Postal Service.

Postmasters General under the Continental Congress

Name	Date appointed
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and Printer , Satire, list of political philosophers, politician, scientist, inventor, activism, statesman, and diplomacy....	July 26, 1775
Richard Bache Richard Bache Richard Bache , born in Yorkshire, England, was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. After arriving in Philadelphia from Yorkshire, England, in 1761, Bache prospered as a marine insurance underwriter and importer....	November 7, 1776
Ebenezer Hazard Ebenezer Hazard Ebenezer Hazard was born in Philadelphia and educated at Princeton University. He established a publishing business in New York in , but quit that business after five years....	January 28, 1782

Postmasters General under the U.S. Constitution, 1789–1971

Name	State of Residence	Date appointed	President(s) President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition.... served under
Samuel Osgood Samuel Osgood Samuel Osgood was an United States merchant and statesman from Andover, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts and New York state legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the first United States Postmaster General under the United States Constitution.... (pictured right)	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	September 26, 1789	Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
Timothy Pickering Timothy Pickering Timothy Pickering was a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	August 12, 1791	Washington
Joseph Habersham Joseph Habersham Joseph Habersham was an United States businessman, Georgia politician, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States....	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	February 25, 1795	Washington, Adams John Adams John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms.... , Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
Gideon Granger Gideon Granger Gideon Granger was an early United States politician and lawyer. He was the father of Francis Granger.Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Granger attended and graduated from Yale University and became a lawyer....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	November 28, 1801	Jefferson, Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
Return J. Meigs, Jr. Return J. Meigs, Jr. Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 4th List of Governors of Ohio and 5th United States Postmaster General....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 17, 1814	Madison, Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S....
John McLean John McLean John McLean was an United States jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court and U.S....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	June 26, 1823	Monroe, J. Q. Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....

Cabinet-level Postmasters General

Name	State of Residence	Date appointed	President(s) President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition.... served under
William T. Barry	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	March 9, 1829	Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
Amos Kendall Amos Kendall Amos Kendall was an United States politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Many historians regard Kendall as the intellectual force behind Andrew Jackson's presidential administration, and an influential figure in the transformation of America from an agrarian republic to a capitalist democr...	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	May 1, 1835	Jackson, Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
John M. Niles	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	May 19, 1840	Van Buren
Francis Granger Francis Granger Francis Granger was a United States House of Representatives from New York. He was the son of Gideon Granger, another United States Postmaster General, and the first cousin of Amos P....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 6, 1841	W. H. Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office.... , Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
Charles A. Wickliffe Charles A. Wickliffe Charles Anderson Wickliffe was a United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. He also served as Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Governor of Kentucky, and was appointed United States Postmaster General by President of the United States John Tyler....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	September 13, 1841	Tyler
Cave Johnson Cave Johnson Cave Johnson was for fourteen years a Democratic Party United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. He was also the United States Postmaster General under James K....	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	March 6, 1845	Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. He was 49 years old at the time of his inauguration, making him the youngest President up to that time....
Jacob Collamer Jacob Collamer Jacob Collamer was an United States politician from Vermont.Jacob Collamer was born in Troy, New York, New York. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vermont, served in the War of 1812, studied law in St....	Vermont Vermont Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....	March 8, 1849	Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was an Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Seminole Wars before achieving fame leading U.S....
Nathan K. Hall Nathan K. Hall Nathan Kelsey Hall was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.Born in Marcellus, New York, he began his career as a shoemaker and farmer, but then studied law in Buffalo, New York, alongside future U.S....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	July 23, 1850	Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....
Samuel D. Hubbard	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	August 31, 1852	Fillmore
James Campbell James Campbell (Postmaster General) James Campbell was a politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as Attorney-General of Pennsylvania and United States Postmaster General during the presidency of Franklin Pierce....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 7, 1853	Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, an Politics of the United States and lawyer....
Aaron V. Brown Aaron V. Brown Aaron Venable Brown was a List of Governors of Tennessee and United States Postmaster General in the James Buchanan. He was also the law partner of James K....	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	March 6, 1857	Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
Joseph Holt Joseph Holt General Joseph Holt was a leading member of the James Buchanan#Administration and Cabinet and was Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army in the United States Army, most notably during the Abraham Lincoln assassination....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	March 14, 1859	Buchanan
Horatio King Horatio King Horatio King was United States Postmaster General under James Buchanan.Born in Paris, Maine, he received a common school education, and at the age of 18 entered the office of the Paris Jeffersonian, where he learned printing, afterward becoming owner and editor of the paper....	Maine Maine The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....	February 12, 1861	Buchanan
Montgomery Blair Montgomery Blair Montgomery Blair , the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	March 5, 1861	Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
William Dennison William Dennison (Ohio governor) William Dennison, Jr. was a Whig Party and Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 24th List of Governors of Ohio and as U.S....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	September 24, 1864	Lincoln, A. Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
Alexander W. Randall	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	July 25, 1866	A. Johnson
John A. J. Creswell John A. J. Creswell John Angel James Creswell was an United States politician from Maryland. He served as United States Postmaster General during the Ulysses S. Grant#Administration and Cabinet....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	March 5, 1869	Grant
James W. Marshall	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	July 3, 1874	Grant
Marshall Jewell Marshall Jewell Marshall Jewell was a United States political figure. He served as the Governor of Connecticut between 1869 and 1870, and again from 1871 until 1873....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	August 24, 1874	Grant
James N. Tyner	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	July 12, 1876	Grant
David M. Key David M. Key David McKendree Key was a Democratic Party United States Senate from Tennessee from 1875 to 1877 as well as the United States Postmaster General under President Hayes....	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	March 12, 1877	Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
Horace Maynard	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	June 2, 1880	Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
Thomas L. James	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 5, 1881	Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. James A. Garfield assassination, two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration, made his tenure the second shortest in United States history.... , Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
Timothy O. Howe Timothy O. Howe Timothy Otis Howe was a member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He also served as United States Postmaster General from 1881 through 1883....	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	December 20, 1881	Arthur
Walter Q. Gresham Walter Q. Gresham Walter Quintin Gresham was an United States statesman and jurist. He served as United States Postmaster General, as a judge on the United States Courts of Appeals, was a two-time candidate for the United States Republican Party presidential nomination and was United States Secretary of State, and United States Secretary of the Treasury....	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	April 3, 1883	Arthur
Frank Hatton	Iowa Iowa The State of Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Missouri to the south....	October 14, 1884	Arthur
William F. Vilas	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	March 6, 1885	Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
Donald M. Dickinson Donald M. Dickinson Donald McDonald Dickinson was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Dickinson was born in Oswego County, New York, and moved with his family to Michigan when he was two years old....	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	January 6, 1888	Cleveland
John Wanamaker John Wanamaker John [Nelson] Wanamaker was a much respected and admired United States merchant, religious leader, civic and political figure, considered the father of modern advertising....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 5, 1889	B. Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he became a prominent state politician....
Wilson S. Bissell Wilson S. Bissell Wilson Shannon Bissell was an United States politician from New York.From 1873 to 1882 he was a law partner of future President of the United States Grover Cleveland....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 6, 1893	Cleveland
William L. Wilson	West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....	March 1, 1895	Cleveland
James A. Gary James Albert Gary James Albert Gary was a United States political figure. He served as the United States Postmaster General between 1897 and 1898.He spent much of his working life in textile manufacture in the Baltimore, Maryland, region, and was involved with cotton mills along the Patapsco River and Patuxent Rivers, including Ely, Guilford, and Laurel, Mar...	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	March 5, 1897	McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected....
Charles Emory Smith Charles Emory Smith Charles Emory Smith was an United States journalist and political leader. He was born in Mansfield, Connecticut.In 1849 his family removed to Albany, New York, where he attended the public schools and The Albany Academy....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	April 21, 1898	McKinley, T. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
Henry C. Payne Henry C. Payne Henry Clay Payne was U.S. Postmaster General from 1902 to 1904 under Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. He died in office and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	January 9, 1902	T. Roosevelt
Robert J. Wynne Robert Wynne Robert John Wynne was a United States politician and telegrapher. Born in New York City, Wynne's father died while he was a teenager and had to support his family as a telegrapher....	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....	October 10, 1904	T. Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou George B. Cortelyou George Bruce Cortelyou was an United States Presidential Cabinet secretary of the early 20th century....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 6, 1905	T. Roosevelt
George von L. Meyer George von Lengerke Meyer George von Lengerke Meyer was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as United States Postmaster General from 1907 to 1909 during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1909 to 1913 during the administration of President William Howard Taft....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	January 15, 1907	T. Roosevelt
Frank H. Hitchcock Frank H. Hitchcock Frank Harris Hitchcock , was chairman of Republican National Committee from 1908 to 1909. He was then Postmaster General of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1913....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 5, 1909	Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...
Albert S. Burleson Albert S. Burleson Albert Sidney Burleson was a United States Postmaster General and United States Congress. Born in San Marcos, Texas, he came from a wealthy U.S....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	March 5, 1913	Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. A devout Presbyterianism and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913....
Will H. Hays Will H. Hays William Harrison Hays, Sr. , was the namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films, chairman of the Republican National Committee and U.S....	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	March 5, 1921	Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack or stroke, in 1923....
Hubert Work Hubert Work Hubert Work was a United States Administration and physician. He served as the United States Postmaster General between 1922 and 1923 in the presidency of Warren G....	Colorado Colorado The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....	March 4, 1922	Harding
Harry S. New	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	February 27, 1923	Harding, Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state....
Walter F. Brown Walter Folger Brown Walter Folger Brown , the son of James Marshall and Lavinia Folger Brown, was United States Postmaster General from 1929 through 1933 under Herbert Hoover....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 5, 1929	Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . Besides his political career, Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author....
James A. Farley James Farley James Aloysius "Jim" Farley was an United States politician, business executive, and dignitary who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and as United States Postmaster General....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 4, 1933	F. Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker	Montana Montana Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....	September 10, 1940	F. Roosevelt, Truman
Robert E. Hannegan Robert E. Hannegan Robert Emmet Hannegan was a St. Louis, Missouri politician who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from October 1943 to January 1944. He also served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1944 to 1947 and United States Postmaster General from 1945 to 1947....	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....	May 8, 1945	Truman
Jesse Monroe Donaldson	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	December 16, 1947	Truman
Arthur E. Summerfield	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	January 21, 1953	Eisenhower
J. Edward Day J. Edward Day James Edward Day was an United States businessman and political office-holder.Day was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Illinois, he studied at University of Chicago, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and Harvard Law School, receiving high grades....	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	January 21, 1961	Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
John A. Gronouski John A. Gronouski John Austin Gronouski was the Wisconsin state commissioner of taxation and the United States Postmaster General....	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	September 30, 1963	Kennedy, L. Johnson
Lawrence F. O'Brien Larry O'Brien Lawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien, Jr. was one of the Democratic Party 's leading electoral strategists when, for more than two decades, he helped reshape American politics....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	November 3, 1965	L. Johnson
W. Marvin Watson W. Marvin Watson William Marvin Watson was an advisor to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and was United States Postmaster General in 1968 and early 1969....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	April 26, 1968	L. Johnson
Winton M. Blount Winton M. Blount Winton Malcolm "Red" Blount, Jr. was the United States Postmaster General from 1969-1972. He is also known as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of construction giant Blount International....	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....	January 22, 1969	Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....

Postmasters General under the U.S. Postal Service, 1971–present

Name	Date appointed
Winton M. Blount Winton M. Blount Winton Malcolm "Red" Blount, Jr. was the United States Postmaster General from 1969-1972. He is also known as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of construction giant Blount International....	July 1, 1971
E. T. Klassen E. T. Klassen Elmer T. Klassen served as president of the American Can Corporation the United States Postmaster General from 1972 to 1975.In 1971 Mr. Klassen became the first Postmaster General named by the Postal Service's Board of Governors, rather than the President, under new Federal legislation....	January 1, 1972
Benjamin F. Bailar Benjamin F. Bailar Benjamin F. Bailar served as the United States Postmaster General from 1975 to 1978....	February 16, 1975
William F. Bolger William F. Bolger William F. Bolger was the 65th United States Postmaster General of the United States from March 15, 1978 to January 1, 1985. He was the second career postal employee to attain the rank of Postmaster General....	March 15, 1978
Paul N. Carlin Paul N. Carlin Paul N. Carlin served as the United States Postmaster General from 1985 to 1986....	January 1, 1985
Albert Vincent Casey Albert Vincent Casey Albert Vincent Casey was a former United States Postmaster General, publisher of The Los Angeles Times, and an attendee of the notorious Bohemian Grove....	January 7, 1986
Preston Robert Tisch Preston Robert Tisch Preston Robert "Bob" Tisch was the chairman, and, with his brother Laurence Tisch, part owner of the Loews Corporation. Tisch was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in 1926....	August 16, 1986
Anthony M. Frank Anthony M. Frank Anthony Melchior Frank served as the United States Postmaster General from 1988 to 1992....	March 1, 1988
Marvin T. Runyon Marvin T. Runyon Marvin T. Runyon was an United States business executive.After a long career as a manufacturing executive at Ford Motor Company, he retired, then was the U.S....	July 6, 1992
William J. Henderson William J. Henderson William J. Henderson served as the United States Postmaster General from 1998 to 2001....	May 16, 1998
John E. Potter John E. Potter John E. "Jack" Potter is the current United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service, becoming the 72nd Postmaster General on June 1, 2001....	June 1, 2001

United States Postmaster General

Postmasters General under the Continental Congress

Postmasters General under the U.S. Constitution, 1789–1971

Cabinet-level Postmasters General

Postmasters General under the U.S. Postal Service, 1971–present

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