Postmasters General and Assistant Postmasters General
Sources: USPS, 1965 Annual Report of the Postmaster General,
Courtesy of the National Postal Museum, Washington, D. C.
Postmasters General
| Year In |
Year Out |
Name |
Appointed By |
Date Appointed |
| 1775 |
1776 |
Benjamin Franklin |
Continental Congress |
July 26, 1775 |
| 1776 |
1782 |
Richard Bache |
Continental Congress |
November 7, 1776 |
| 1782 |
1789 |
Ebenezer Hazard |
Continental Congress |
January 28, 1782 |
| 1789 |
1791 |
Samuel Osgood |
George Washington |
September 26, 1789 |
| 1791 |
1795 |
Timothy Pickering |
George Washington |
August 12, 1791 |
| 1795 |
1801 |
Joseph Habersham |
George Washington |
February 25, 1795 |
| 1801 |
1814 |
Gideon Granger |
Thomas Jefferson |
November 28, 1801 |
| 1814 |
1823 |
Return J. Meigs, Jr. |
James Madison |
March 17, 1814 |
| 1823 |
1829 |
John McLean |
James Monroe |
June 26, 1823 |
| 1829 |
1835 |
William T. Barry |
Andrew Jackson |
March 9, 1829 |
| 1835 |
1840 |
Amos Kendall |
Andrew Jackson |
May 1, 1835 |
| 1840 |
1841 |
John M. Niles |
Martin Van Buren |
May 19, 1840 |
| 1841 |
1841 |
Francis Granger |
William Henry Harrison |
March 6, 1841 |
| 1841 |
1845 |
Charles A. Wickliffe |
John Tyler |
September 13, 1841 |
| 1845 |
1849 |
Cave Johnson |
James K. Polk |
March 6, 1845 |
| 1849 |
1850 |
Jacob Collamer |
Zachary Taylor |
March 8, 1849 |
| 1850 |
1852 |
Nathan Kelsey Hall |
Millard Filmore |
July 23, 1850 |
| 1852 |
1853 |
Samuel D. Hubbard |
Millard Filmore |
August 31, 1852 |
| 1853 |
1857 |
James Campbell |
Franklin Pierce |
March 7, 1853 |
| 1857 |
1859 |
Aaron V. Brown |
James Buchanan |
March 6, 1857 |
| 1859 |
1861 |
Joseph Holt |
James Buchanan |
March 14, 1859 |
| 1861 |
1861 |
Horatio King |
James Buchanan |
February 12, 1861 |
| 1861 |
1864 |
Montgomery Blair |
Abraham Lincoln |
March 5, 1861 |
| 1864 |
1866 |
William Dennison |
Abraham Lincoln |
September 24, 1864 |
| 1866 |
1869 |
Alexander W. Randall |
Andrew Johnson |
July 25, 1866 |
| 1869 |
1874 |
John A. J. Creswell |
Ulysses Grant |
March 5, 1869 |
| 1874 |
1874 |
James W. Marshall |
Ulysses Grant |
July 3, 1874 |
| 1874 |
1876 |
Marshall Jewell |
Ulysses Grant |
August 24, 1874 |
| 1876 |
1877 |
James N. Tyner |
Ulysses Grant |
July 12, 1876 |
| 1877 |
1880 |
David M. Key |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
March 12, 1877 |
| 1880 |
1881 |
Horace Maynard |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
August 26, 1880 |
| 1881 |
1881 |
Thomas L. James |
James A. Garfield |
March 5, 1881 |
| 1881 |
1883 |
Timothy O. Howe |
Chester A. Arthur |
December 20, 1881 |
| 1883 |
1884 |
Walter Q. Gresham |
Chester A. Arthur |
April 3, 1883 |
| 1884 |
1885 |
Frank Hatton |
Chester A. Arthur |
October 14, 1884 |
| 1885 |
1888 |
William F. Vilas |
Grover Cleveland |
March 6, 1885 |
| 1888 |
1889 |
Don M. Dickinson |
Grover Cleveland |
January 16, 1888 |
| 1889 |
1893 |
John Wanamaker |
Benjamin Harrison |
March 5, 1889 |
| 1893 |
1895 |
Wilson S. Bissell |
Grover Cleveland |
March 6, 1893 |
| 1895 |
1897 |
William L. Wilson |
Grover Cleveland |
March 1, 1895 |
| 1897 |
1898 |
James A. Gary |
William McKinley |
March 5, 1897 |
| 1898 |
1902 |
Charles Emory Smith |
William McKinley |
April 21, 1898 |
| 1902 |
1904 |
Henry C. Payne |
Theodore Roosevelt |
1/15/1902 |
| 1904 |
1905 |
Robert J. Wynne |
Theodore Roosevelt |
10/10/1904 |
| 1905 |
1907 |
George B. Cortelyou |
Theodore Roosevelt |
3/7/1905 |
| 1907 |
1909 |
George von L. Meyer |
Theodore Roosevelt |
3/5/1907 |
| 1909 |
1913 |
Frank H. Hitchcock |
William H. Taft |
3/6/1909 |
| 1913 |
1921 |
Albert S. Burleson |
Woodrow Wilson |
3/5/1913 |
| 1921 |
1922 |
Will H. Hays |
Warren G. Harding |
3/4/1921 |
| 1922 |
1923 |
Hubert Work |
Warren G. Harding |
3/4/1922 |
| 1923 |
1929 |
Harry S. New |
Warren G. Harding |
3/5/1923 |
| 1929 |
1933 |
Walter F. Brown |
Herbert Hoover |
3/6/1929 |
| 1933 |
1940 |
James A. Farley |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
3/6/1933 |
| 1940 |
1945 |
Frank C. Walker |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
9/11/1940 |
| 1945 |
1947 |
Robert E. Hannegan |
Harry S. Truman |
6/30/1945 |
| 1947 |
1953 |
Jesse M. Donaldson |
Harry S. Truman |
12/16/1947 |
| 1953 |
1961 |
Arthur E. Summerfield |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1/21/1953 |
| 1961 |
1963 |
J. Edward Day |
John F. Kennedy |
1/21/1961 |
| 1963 |
1965 |
John A. Gronouski |
John F. Kennedy |
9/30/1963 |
| 1965 |
1968 |
Lawrence F. O'Brien |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
11/3/1965 |
| 1968 |
1969 |
W. Marvin Watson |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
4/26/1968 |
| 1969 |
1971 |
Winton M. Blount |
Richard M. Nixon |
1/22/1969 |
| 1971 |
1972 |
Winton M. Blount |
USPS Governors |
7/1/1971 |
| 1972 |
1975 |
E. T. Klassen |
USPS Governors |
1/1/1972 |
| 1975 |
1978 |
Benjamin F. Bailar |
USPS Governors |
2/16/1975 |
| 1978 |
1985 |
William F. Bolger |
USPS Governors |
3/15/1978 |
| 1985 |
1986 |
Paul N. Carlin |
USPS Governors |
1/1/1985 |
| 1986 |
1986 |
Albert V. Casey |
USPS Governors |
1/7/1986 |
| 1986 |
1988 |
Preston R. Tisch |
USPS Governors |
8/16/1986 |
| 1988 |
1992 |
Anthony M. Frank |
USPS Governors |
3/1/1988 |
| 1992 |
1998 |
Marvin T. Runyon |
USPS Governors |
7/6/1992 |
| 1998 |
2001 |
William J. Henderson |
USPS Governors |
5/16/1998 |
| 2001 |
2010 |
John E. Potter |
USPS Governors |
6/1/2001 |
| 2010 |
2015 |
Patrick R. Donahoe |
USPS Governors |
12/6/2010 |
| 2015 |
|
Megan J. Brennan |
USPS Governors |
2/1/2015 |
First Assistant Postmasters General
| Year In |
Year Out |
Name |
Home State |
Date Appointed |
| 1782 |
1789 |
James Bryson |
|
1/28/1782 |
| 1789 |
1791 |
Jonathan Burrall |
|
|
| 1791 |
1800 |
Charles Burrall |
|
|
| 1800 |
1829 |
Abraham Bradley, Jr. |
CN |
|
| 1829 |
1836 |
Charles K. Gardner |
NJ |
|
| 1836 |
1851 |
Selah R. Hobbie |
NY |
|
| 1851 |
1853 |
S. D. Jacobs |
TN |
|
| 1853 |
1854 |
Selah R Hobbie |
NY |
|
| 1854 |
1861 |
Horatio King |
ME |
|
| 1861 |
1863 |
John A. Kessen |
IA |
|
| 1863 |
1866 |
Aexander W.Randall |
WI |
|
| 1866 |
1869 |
St. John B. L. Skinner |
NY |
|
| 1869 |
1869 |
George Earle |
MD |
|
| 1869 |
1874 |
James W. Marshall |
NJ |
|
| 1874 |
1874 |
James H. Marr |
MD |
|
| 1874 |
1877 |
James W. Marshall |
NJ |
|
| 1877 |
1881 |
James N. Tyner |
IN |
|
| 1881 |
1885 |
Frank Hatton |
IA |
|
| 1885 |
1885 |
John Schuyler Crosby |
NY |
|
| 1885 |
1886 |
Milton Hay |
PA |
|
| 1886 |
1889 |
A. E. Stevenson |
IL |
|
| 1889 |
1890 |
J. S. Clarkson |
IA |
3/14/1889 |
| 1890 |
1893 |
S. A. Whitfield |
OH |
9/29/1890 |
| 1893 |
1893 |
H. Clay Evans |
TN |
1/07/1893 |
| 1893 |
1897 |
Frank H. Jones |
IL |
5/10/1893 |
| 1897 |
1900 |
Peny S. Heath |
IN |
3/17/1897 |
| 1900 |
1902 |
William M. Johnson |
NJ |
8/23/1900 |
| 1902 |
1905 |
Robert J. VVynne |
PA |
4/17/1902 |
| 1905 |
1908 |
Frank H. Hitchcock |
MA |
3/16/1905 |
| 1908 |
1913 |
Charles P. Grandfield |
MO |
2/29/1908 |
| 1913 |
1916 |
Daniel C. Roper |
SC |
3/14/1913 |
| 1916 |
1921 |
John C. Koons |
MD |
9/2/1916 |
| 1921 |
1922 |
Hubert Work |
CO |
4/17/1921 |
| 1922 |
1929 |
John H. Bartlett |
NH |
4/13/1922 |
| 1929 |
1933 |
Arch Coleman |
MN |
7/1/1929 |
| 1933 |
1934 |
Joseph C. O' Mahoney |
WY |
3/6/1933 |
| 1934 |
1940 |
William W. Howes |
SD |
1/17/1934 |
| 1940 |
1943 |
Ambrose O'Connell |
NY |
6/16/1940 |
| 1943 |
1945 |
Kildroy P. Aldrich |
IL |
3/1/1943 |
| 1945 |
1948 |
Jesse M. Donaldson |
IL |
7/15/1945 |
| 1948 |
1949 |
Vmcent C. Burke |
KY |
2/1/1948 |
| 1949 |
|
Office Reorganized |
|
8/20/1949 |
Second Assistant Postmasters General
| Year In |
Year Out |
Name |
Home State |
Date Appointed |
| 1810 |
1818 |
Seth Pease |
CT |
| 1818 |
1829 |
Phineas Bradley |
CT |
| 1829 |
1836 |
Selah R. Hobbie |
NY |
| 1836 |
1841 |
Robert Johnston |
? |
| 1841 |
1842 |
Phillip C. Fuller |
MI |
| 1842 |
1843 |
John A Bryan |
OH |
| 1843 |
1844 |
J. W. Tyson |
? |
| 1844 |
1845 |
N. M. Miller |
VA |
| 1845 |
1845 |
W. Medill |
OH |
| 1845 |
1849 |
William J. Brown |
IN |
| 1849 |
1852 |
FitzHenry Warren |
IA |
| 1852 |
1861 |
W. H. Dundas |
VA |
| 1861 |
1869 |
George W. McLellan |
ME |
| 1869 |
1871 |
Giles A. Smith |
IL |
| 1871 |
1875 |
John L. Routt |
IL |
| 1875 |
1876 |
James N. Tyner |
IN |
| 1876 |
1881 |
Thomas J. Brady |
IN |
| 1881 |
1883 |
Richard A. Elmer |
NY |
| 1883 |
1884 |
Heruy D. Lyman |
NY |
| 1884 |
1885 |
W. B. Thompson |
ME |
| 1885 |
1889 |
A. Leo Knott |
MD |
| 1889 |
1890 |
S. A. Whitfield |
OH |
3/18/1889 |
| 1890 |
1894 |
J. Lowrie Bell |
PA |
9/29/1890 |
| 1894 |
1897 |
Charles Neilson |
MO |
6/04/1894 |
| 1897 |
1907 |
W. S. Shallenberger |
PA |
4/05/1897 |
| 1907 |
1908 |
James T. McCleary |
MN |
3/29/1907 |
| 1908 |
1915 |
Joseph Stewart |
MO |
9/29/1908 |
| 1915 |
1921 |
Otto Praeger |
TX |
9/1/1915 |
| 1921 |
1922 |
Edward H. Shaughnessy |
IL |
4/11/1921 |
| 1922 |
1923 |
Paul Henderson |
IL |
4/14/1922 |
| 1923 |
1933 |
Warren Irving Glover |
NJ |
8/1/1923 |
| 1933 |
1934 |
William W. Howes |
SD |
3/6/1933 |
| 1934 |
1938 |
Harlee Branch |
GA |
1/17/1934 |
| 1938 |
1940 |
Ambrose O'Connell |
NY |
10/1/1938 |
| 1940 |
1945 |
Smith W. Purdum |
MO |
6/16/1940 |
| 1945 |
1947 |
Gael Sullivan |
TN |
10/1/1945 |
| 1947 |
1949 |
Paul Aiken |
KS |
10/15/1947 |
| 1949 |
|
Office Reorganized |
|
8/20/1949 |
Third Assistant Postmasters General
| Year In |
Year Out |
Name |
Home State |
Date Appointed |
| 1836 |
1841 |
Daniel Coleman |
NC |
| 1841 |
1845 |
John S. Skinner |
MD |
| 1845 |
1846 |
N. M. Miller |
VA |
| 1846 |
1859 |
John Marron |
GA |
| 1859 |
1869 |
A. N. Zevely |
NC |
| 1869 |
1873 |
W. H. H. Terrell |
IN |
| 1873 |
1877 |
E. W. Barber |
MI |
| 1877 |
1887 |
Abraham D. Hazen |
PA |
| 1887 |
1889 |
Herny R. Harris |
GA |
4/1/1887 |
| 1889 |
1893 |
A. D. Hazen |
PA |
3/18/1889 |
| 1893 |
1897 |
Kerr Craige |
NC |
5/19/1893 |
| 1897 |
1899 |
John A. Menitt |
NY |
4/29/1897 |
| 1899 |
1907 |
Edwin C. Madden |
MI |
7/01/1899 |
| 1907 |
1910 |
Abraham L. Lawshe |
IN |
3/22/1907 |
| 1910 |
1913 |
James J. Britt |
NC |
12/1/1910 |
| 1913 |
1921 |
Alexander M. Dockery |
MO |
3/17/1913 |
| 1921 |
1923 |
Warren Irving Glover |
NJ |
5126/1921 |
| 1923 |
1929 |
Robert S. Regar |
PA |
8/1/1923 |
| 1929 |
1933 |
Frederic A. Tilton |
MI |
6/30/1929 |
| 1933 |
1938 |
Clinton B. Ellenberger |
PA |
3/6/1933 |
| 1938 |
1945 |
Ramsey S. Black |
PA |
2/1/1938 |
| 1945 |
1949 |
Joseph J. Lawler |
PA |
5/16/1945 |
| 1949 |
|
Office Reorganized |
|
8/20/1949 |
Fourth Assistant Postmasters General
| Year In |
Year Out |
Name |
Home State |
Date Appointed |
| 1891 |
1893 |
E. G. Rathbone |
OH |
| 1893 |
1897 |
R. A. Maxwell |
NY |
3/22/1893 |
| 1897 |
1905 |
J. L. Bristow |
KS |
4/01/1897 |
| 1905 |
1913 |
P. V. Degraw |
PA |
3/20/1905 |
| 1913 |
1921 |
James L. Blakslee |
PA |
3/17/1913 |
| 1921 |
1929 |
Hany H. Billany |
DE |
3/14/1921 |
| 1929 |
1933 |
John W. Phillip |
TX |
7/8/1929 |
| 1933 |
1934 |
Silliman Evans |
TX |
3/6/1933 |
| 1934 |
1940 |
Smith W. Purdum |
MD |
6/19/1934 |
| 1940 |
1949 |
Walter Myers |
IN |
6/16/1940 |
| 1949 |
|
Office Reorganized |
|
8/20/1949 |
