Benjamin Franklin on the first US federal postage stamp (5 cents , 1847)
The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the US Postal Service . Benjamin Franklin was approved by the Continental Congress as the first United States . Franklin held the post for just over 15 months.
General Postmasters at the Continental Congress
| Name | Date of appointment |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin | July 26, 1775 |
| Richard Bake | November 7, 1776 |
| Ebenezer Hazard | January 28, 1782 |
General postmasters of the USA (1789-1971)
Outside the Government (1789-1829)
Samuel Osgood , First USA (according to the US Constitution )
| Name | State of residence | Date of appointment | The president |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Osgood | New York | September 26, 1789 | George Washington |
| Timothy Pickering | Massachusetts | August 12, 1791 | George Washington |
| Joseph Habersham | Georgia | February 25, 1795 | George Washington John adams Thomas Jefferson |
| Gideon Granger | Connecticut | November 28, 1801 | Thomas Jefferson James madison |
| Return Meigs | Ohio | March 17, 1814 | James madison James monroe |
| John macklin | Ohio | June 26, 1823 | James monroe John adams |
As part of the government (1829-1971)
| Name | State of residence | Date of appointment | The president |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Barry ( William T. Barry ) | Kentucky | March 9, 1829 | Jackson |
| Amos Kendall ( Amos Kendall ) | Kentucky | May 1, 1835 | Jackson, Van Buren |
| John niles ( John M. Niles ) | Connecticut | May 19, 1840 | Van buren |
| Francis granger ( Francis Granger ) | New York | March 6, 1841 | W. G. Harrison , John Tyler |
| Charles Wycliffe ( Charles A. Wickliffe ) | Kentucky | September 13, 1841 | John Tyler |
| Cave johnson ( Cave Johnson ) | Tennessee | March 6, 1845 | James polk |
| Jacob Collamer ( Jacob Collamer ) | Vermont | March 8, 1849 | Zachary Taylor |
| Nathan hall ( Nathan K. Hall ) | New York | July 23, 1850 | Millard Fillmore |
| Samuel Hobbard ( Samuel D. Hubbard ) | Connecticut | August 31, 1852 | Millard Fillmore |
| James campbell ( James Campbell ) | Pennsylvania | March 7, 1853 | Franklin Pierce |
| Aaron V. Brown | Tennessee | March 6, 1857 | James Buchanan |
| Joseph Holt | Kentucky | March 14, 1859 | Buchanan |
| Horatio king | Maine | February 12, 1861 | Buchanan |
| Montgomery blair | Columbia region | March 5, 1861 | Lincoln |
| William dennison | Ohio | September 24, 1864 | Lincoln, E. Johnson |
| Alexander W. Randall | Wisconsin | July 25, 1866 | E. Johnson |
| John AJ Creswell | Maryland | March 5, 1869 | Grant |
| James W. Marshall | Virginia | July 3, 1874 | Grant |
| Marshall jewell | Connecticut | August 24, 1874 | Grant |
| James N. Tyner | Indiana | July 12, 1876 | Grant |
| David M. Key | Tennessee | March 12, 1877 | Hayes |
| Horace maynard | Tennessee | June 2, 1880 | Hayes |
| Thomas L. James | New York | March 5, 1881 | Garfield , Arthur |
| Timothy O. Howe | Wisconsin | December 20, 1881 | Arthur |
| Walter Q. Gresham | Indiana | April 3, 1883 | Arthur |
| Frank hatton | Iowa | October 14, 1884 | Arthur |
| William F. Vilas | Wisconsin | March 6, 1885 | Cleveland |
| Donald M. Dickinson | Michigan | January 6, 1888 | Cleveland |
| John wanamaker | Pennsylvania | March 5, 1889 | B. Harrison |
| Wilson S. Bissell | New York | March 6, 1893 | Cleveland |
| William L. Wilson | West Virginia | March 1, 1895 | Cleveland |
| James A. Gary | Maryland | March 5, 1897 | McKinley |
| Smith Charles Emory | Pennsylvania | April 21, 1898 | McKinley, T. Roosevelt |
| Henry C. Payne | Wisconsin | January 9, 1902 | T. Roosevelt |
| Robert J. Wynne | Pennsylvania | October 10, 1904 | T. Roosevelt |
| George B. Cortelyou | New York | March 6, 1905 | T. Roosevelt |
| George von L. Meyer | Massachusetts | January 15, 1907 | T. Roosevelt |
| Frank H. Hitchcock | Massachusetts | March 5, 1909 | Taffeta |
| Texas | March 5, 1913 | Wilson | |
| Will H. Hays | Indiana | March 5, 1921 | Harding |
| Hubert work | Colorado | March 4, 1922 | Harding |
| Harry S. New | Indiana | February 27, 1923 | Harding, Coolidge |
| Walter F. brown | Ohio | March 5, 1929 | Hoover |
| James farley | New York | March 4, 1933 | F. Roosevelt |
| Frank C. Walker | Pennsylvania | September 10, 1940 | F. Roosevelt, Truman |
| Robert E. Hannegan | Missouri | May 8, 1945 | Truman |
| Jesse Donaldson | Missouri | December 16, 1947 | Truman |
| Arthur E. Summerfield | Michigan | January 21, 1953 | Eisenhower |
| J. Edward Day | California | January 21, 1961 | Kennedy |
| John A. Gronouski | Wisconsin | September 30, 1963 | Kennedy, L. Johnson |
| Larry O'Brien | Massachusetts | November 3, 1965 | L. Johnson |
| W. marvin watson | Texas | April 26, 1968 | L. Johnson |
| Winton M. Blount | Alabama | January 22, 1969 | Nixon |
See also
- US Post History
- Reversal of Dag Hammarskjöld
Literature
- Publication 100 - The United States Postal Service: An American History 1775-2002 (Retrieved February 10, 2010)
- Papers of Arthur E. Summerfield, Postmaster General, 1953-1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library (Retrieved February 10, 2010)
Links
- USPS official website
- US General Postmaster General Page (Retrieved February 10, 2010)
- U.S. General Postmasters (Retrieved February 10, 2010)