Personnel
Postmasters General
- List of Postmasters General PDF | HTM
- Benjamin Franklin (1775-1776) PDF | RTF
- Richard Bache (1776-1782) PDF | RTF
- Ebenezer Hazard (1782-1789) PDF
- Samuel Osgood (1789-1791) PDF
- Timothy Pickering (1791-1795) PDF | RTF
- Joseph Habersham (1795-1801) PDF
- John A. J. Creswell (1869-1874) PDF
- John Wanamaker (1889-1893) PDF | RTF
- James A. Farley (1933-1940) PDF | RTF
Postmasters
- Postmaster Finder
- Postmasters Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman PDF | RTF
- Longest-Serving Postmasters PDF | RTF
- Women Postmasters PDF | RTF
- African American Postal Workers in the 19th Century PDF | RTF
- List of Known African American Postmasters, 1800s PDF | RTF
- African American Postal Workers in the 20th Century PDF | HTM
Mail Carriers
African Americans
- African American Postal Workers in the 19th Century PDF | RTF
- List of Known African American Postmasters, 1800s PDF | RTF
- List of Known African American Letter Carriers, 1800s PDF | RTF
- List of Known African American Post Office Clerks, 1800s PDF | RTF
- Lists of Other Known African American Postal Employees, 1800s PDF | RTF
- African American Postal Workers in the 20th Century PDF | HTM
Additional information
USPS 50th Anniversary Oral History Project
On July 1, 1971, the Post Office Department was officially transformed into the United States Postal Service. In 2021, twenty-five current postal employees were interviewed who were on the job when this historic transition took place. To read highlights from the interviews, see our 16-page paper.
For even more information
For more information on the history of the Postal Service’s diverse workforce, see The United States Postal Service: An American History. Learn more