The
Postmaster General is the executive head of the
United States Postal Service. He was from
1872 to
1971 the head of an executive department concerned with the
postal service (the
Post Office Department). During that period, he was a member of the
President's Cabinet.
| Name |
Year appointed |
President(s) served under |
|---|
| Benjamin Franklin |
July 26, 1775 |
(Continental Congress) |
| Richard Bache[?] |
November 7, 1776 |
(Continental Congress) |
| Ebenezer Hazard[?] |
January 28, 1782 |
(Continental Congress) |
| Samuel Osgood[?] |
September 26, 1789 |
Washington |
| Timothy Pickering[?] |
August 12, 1791 |
Washington |
| Joseph Habersham[?] |
February 25, 1795 |
Washington, Adams, Jefferson |
| Gideon Granger[?] |
November 28, 1801 |
Jefferson, Madison |
| Return J. Meigs[?] |
March 17, 1814 |
Madison, Monroe |
| John McLean[?] |
June 26, 1823 |
Monroe, J. Q. Adams |
| William T. Barry[?] |
March 9, 1829 |
Jackson |
| Amos Kendall[?] |
May 1, 1835 |
Jackson, Van Buren |
| John M. Niles[?] |
May 19, 1840 |
Van Buren |
| Francis Granger[?] |
March 6, 1841 |
W. H. Harrison, Tyler |
| Charles A. Wickliffe[?] |
September 13, 1841 |
Tyler |
| Cave Johnson[?] |
March 6, 1845 |
Polk |
| Jacob Collamer[?] |
March 8, 1849 |
Taylor |
| Nathan K. Hall[?] |
July 23, 1850 |
Fillmore |
| Samuel D. Hubbard[?] |
August 31, 1852 |
Fillmore |
| James Campbell[?] |
March 7, 1853 |
Pierce |
| Aaron V. Brown[?] |
March 6, 1857 |
Buchanan |
| Joseph Holt[?] |
March 14, 1859 |
Buchanan |
| Horatio King[?] |
February 12, 1861 |
Buchanan |
| Montgomery Blair[?] |
March 5, 1861 |
Lincoln |
| William Dennison[?] |
September 24, 1864 |
Lincoln, A. Johnson |
| Alexander W. Randall[?] |
July 25, 1866 |
A. Johnson |
| John A. J. Creswell[?] |
March 5, 1869 |
Grant |
| James W. Marshall[?] |
July 3, 1874 |
Grant |
| Marshall Jewell[?] |
August 24, 1874 |
Grant |
| James N. Tyner[?] |
July 12, 1876 |
Grant |
| David M. Key[?] |
March 12, 1877 |
Hayes |
| Thomas L. James[?] |
March 5, 1881 |
Garfield, Arthur |
| Timothy O. Howe[?] |
December 20, 1881 |
Arthur |
| Walter Q. Gresham[?] |
April 3, 1883 |
Arthur |
| Frank Hatton[?] |
October 14, 1884 |
Arthur |
| William F. Vilas[?] |
March 6, 1885 |
Cleveland |
| Don M. Dickinson[?] |
January 6, 1888 |
Cleveland |
| John Wanamaker |
March 5, 1889 |
B. Harrison |
| Wilson S. Bissell[?] |
March 6, 1893 |
Cleveland |
| William L. Wilson[?] |
March 1, 1895 |
Cleveland |
| James A. Gary[?] |
March 5, 1897 |
McKinley |
| Charles Emory Smith[?] |
April 21, 1898 |
McKinley, T. Roosevelt |
| Henry C. Payne[?] |
January 9, 1902 |
T. Roosevelt |
| Robert J. Wynne[?] |
October 10, 1904 |
T. Roosevelt |
| George B. Cortelyou[?] |
March 6, 1905 |
T. Roosevelt |
| George von L. Meyer[?] |
January 15, 1907 |
T. Roosevelt |
| Frank H. Hitchcock[?] |
March 5, 1909 |
Taft |
| Albert S. Burleson[?] |
March 5, 1913 |
Wilson |
| Will H. Hays[?] |
March 5, 1921 |
Harding |
| Hubert Work[?] |
March 4, 1922 |
Harding |
| Harry S. New[?] |
February 27, 1923 |
Harding, Coolidge |
| Walter F. Brown[?] |
March 5, 1929 |
Hoover |
| James A. Farley[?] |
March 4, 1933 |
F. Roosevelt |
| Frank C. Walker[?] |
September 10, 1940 |
F. Roosevelt, Truman |
| Robert E. Hannegan[?] |
May 8, 1945 |
Truman |
| Jesse M. Donaldson[?] |
December 16, 1947 |
Truman |
| Arthur E. Summerfield[?] |
January 21, 1953 |
Eisenhower |
| J. Edward Day[?] |
January 21, 1961 |
Kennedy |
| John A. Gronouski[?] |
September 30, 1963 |
Kennedy, L. Johnson |
| Lawrence F. O'Brien[?] |
November 3, 1965 |
L. Johnson |
| W. Marvin Watson[?] |
April 26, 1968 |
L. Johnson |
| Winton W. Blount[?] |
January 22, 1969 |
Nixon[1](July 1, 1971) |
| E. T. Klassen[?] |
January 1, 1972 |
[1] |
| Benjamin F. Bailar[?] |
February 16, 1975 |
[1] |
| William F. Bolger[?] |
March 15, 1978 |
[1] |
| Paul N. Carlin[?] |
January 1, 1985 |
[1] |
| Albert V. Casey[?] |
January 7, 1986 |
[1] |
| Preston R. Tisch[?] |
August 16, 1986 |
[1] |
| Anthony M. Frank[?] |
March 1, 1988 |
[1] |
| Marvin T. Runyon[?] |
July 6, 1992 |
[1] |
[1] Since July 1, 1971, the Postmaster General has been appointed by and serves under the Governor of the United States Postal Service[?].