Dates prior to 1900 are the dates the Postmasters General were appointed or commissioned; dates after 1900 are the dates they took office. Appointments by the U.S. President were made with the advice and consent of the Senate.
|
Postmaster General |
Date Appointed by the Continental Congress |
|---|---|
|
Benjamin Franklin |
July 26, 1775 |
|
Richard Bache |
November 7, 1776 |
|
Ebenezer Hazard |
January 28, 1782 |
|
Postmaster General |
Date Appointed |
by President . . . |
|---|---|---|
|
Samuel Osgood |
September 26, 1789 |
George Washington |
|
Timothy Pickering |
August 12, 1791 |
George Washington |
|
Joseph Habersham |
February 25, 1795 |
George Washington |
|
Gideon Granger |
November 28, 1801 |
Thomas Jefferson |
|
Return J. Meigs, Jr. |
March 17, 1814 |
James Madison |
|
John McLean |
June 26, 1823 |
James Monroe |
|
William T. Barry |
March 9, 1829 |
Andrew Jackson |
|
Amos Kendall |
May 1, 1835 |
Andrew Jackson |
|
John M. Niles |
May 19, 1840 |
Martin Van Buren |
|
Francis Granger |
March 6, 1841 |
William Henry Harrison |
|
Charles A. Wickliffe |
September 13, 1841 |
John Tyler |
|
Cave Johnson |
March 6, 1845 |
James K. Polk |
|
Jacob Collamer |
March 8, 1849 |
Zachary Taylor |
|
Nathan Kelsey Hall |
July 23, 1850 |
Millard Filmore |
|
Samuel D. Hubbard |
August 31, 1852 |
Millard Filmore |
|
James Campbell |
March 7, 1853 |
Franklin Pierce |
|
Aaron V. Brown |
March 6, 1857 |
James Buchanan |
|
Joseph Holt |
March 14, 1859 |
James Buchanan |
|
Horatio King |
February 12, 1861 |
James Buchanan |
|
Montgomery Blair |
March 5, 1861 |
Abraham Lincoln |
|
William Dennison |
September 24, 1864 |
Abraham Lincoln |
|
Alexander W. Randall |
July 25, 1866 |
Andrew Johnson |
|
John A. J. Creswell |
March 5, 1869 |
Ulysses Grant |
|
James W. Marshall |
July 3, 1874 |
Ulysses Grant |
|
Marshall Jewell |
August 24, 1874 |
Ulysses Grant |
|
James N. Tyner |
July 12, 1876 |
Ulysses Grant |
|
David M. Key |
March 12, 1877 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
|
Horace Maynard |
August 26, 1880 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
|
Thomas L. James |
March 5, 1881 |
James A. Garfield |
|
Timothy O. Howe |
December 20, 1881 |
Chester A. Arthur |
|
Walter Q. Gresham |
April 3, 1883 |
Chester A. Arthur |
|
Frank Hatton |
October 14, 1884 |
Chester A. Arthur |
|
William F. Vilas |
March 6, 1885 |
Grover Cleveland |
|
Don M. Dickinson |
January 16, 1888 |
Grover Cleveland |
|
John Wanamaker |
March 5, 1889 |
Benjamin Harrison |
|
Wilson S. Bissell |
March 6, 1893 |
Grover Cleveland |
|
William L. Wilson |
March 1, 1895 |
Grover Cleveland |
|
James A. Gary |
March 5, 1897 |
William McKinley |
|
Charles Emory Smith |
April 21, 1898 |
William McKinley |
|
Henry C. Payne |
January 15, 1902 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
Robert J. Wynne |
October 10, 1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
George B. Cortelyou |
March 7, 1905 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
George von L. Meyer |
March 5, 1907 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
Frank H. Hitchcock |
March 6, 1909 |
William H. Taft |
|
Albert S. Burleson |
March 5, 1913 |
Woodrow Wilson |
|
Will H. Hays |
March 4, 1921 |
Warren G. Harding |
|
Hubert Work |
March 4, 1922 |
Warren G. Harding |
|
Harry S. New |
March 5, 1923 |
Warren G. Harding |
|
Walter F. Brown |
March 6, 1929 |
Herbert Hoover |
|
James A. Farley |
March 6, 1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|
Frank C. Walker |
September 11, 1940 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|
Robert E. Hannegan |
June 30, 1945 |
Harry S. Truman |
|
Jesse M. Donaldson |
December 16, 1947 |
Harry S. Truman |
|
Arthur E. Summerfield |
January 21, 1953 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
J. Edward Day |
January 21, 1961 |
John F. Kennedy |
|
John A. Gronouski |
September 30, 1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
|
Lawrence F. O'Brien |
November 3, 1965 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
|
W. Marvin Watson |
April 26, 1968 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
|
Winton M. Blount |
January 22, 1969 |
Richard M. Nixon |
|
Postmaster General Appointed by the Governors of the U.S. Postal Service |
Date Took Office . . . |
|---|---|
|
Winton M. Blount |
July 1, 1971 |
|
E. T. Klassen |
January 1, 1972 |
|
Benjamin F. Bailar |
February 16, 1975 |
|
William F. Bolger |
March 15, 1978 |
|
Paul N. Carlin |
January 1, 1985 |
|
Albert V. Casey |
January 7, 1986 |
|
Preston R. Tisch |
August 16, 1986 |
|
Anthony M. Frank |
March 1, 1988 |
|
Marvin T. Runyon |
July 6, 1992 |
|
William J. Henderson |
May 16, 1998 |
|
John E. Potter |
June 1, 2001 |
|
Patrick R. Donahoe |
December 6, 2010 |
|
Megan J. Brennan |
February 1, 2015 |
HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
FEBRUARY 2015