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