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Postmaster General of the United States; Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service
	; ; Incumbent; Megan Brennan; since February 1, 2015
	United States Postal Service
Appointer	Board of Governors
Term length	Indefinite
Inaugural holder	Benjamin Franklin
Formation	1775
Deputy	Ronald A. Stroman
Salary	$276,840;
Website	about.usps.com/leadership

The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service; Megan Brennan is the current Postmaster General.

Appointed members of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service select the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General, who then join the Board.

History

The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin was appointed by the Continental Congress as the first Postmaster General in 1775, serving just over 15 months.

Until 1971, the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department (or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s).^[2] During that era, the postmaster general was appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.^[3] From 1829 to 1971, the postmaster general was a member of the President's Cabinet.

The Cabinet post of Postmaster General was often given^[when?] to a new President's campaign manager or other key political supporter, and was considered something of a sinecure. The Postmaster General was in charge of the governing party's patronage, and was a powerful position which held much influence within the party.

In 1971, the Post Office Department was re-organized into the United States Postal Service, an independent agency of the executive branch. Therefore, the Postmaster General is no longer a member of the Cabinet and is no longer in the line of presidential succession. The postmaster general is now appointed by nine "governors," appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The governors, along with the postmaster general and the deputy postmaster general, constitute the full Postal Service Board of Governors.^[3]^[4]

The Postmaster General is the second-highest paid U.S. government official, based on publicly available salary information, after the President of the United States.^[5]

Postmasters General under the Continental Congress

Name	Date appointed
Benjamin Franklin	July 26, 1775
Richard Bache	November 7, 1776
Ebenezer Hazard	January 28, 1782

Samuel Osgood (1747–1813)

Postmasters general over the U.S. Post Office Department, 1789–1971

As non-Cabinet department, 1789–1829

Name	State of Residence	Date appointed	President(s) served under
Samuel Osgood (pictured right) Federalist	Massachusetts	September 26, 1789	Washington
Timothy Pickering Federalist	Pennsylvania^[6]	August 12, 1791	Washington
Joseph Habersham Independent	Georgia	February 25, 1795	Washington, Adams, Jefferson
Gideon Granger Democratic-Republican Party	Connecticut	November 28, 1801	Jefferson, Madison
Return J. Meigs, Jr. Democratic-Republican Party	Ohio	March 17, 1814	Madison, Monroe
John McLean Democratic-Republican Party	Ohio	June 26, 1823	Monroe, J. Q. Adams

As cabinet department, 1829–1971

Parties

  No party
  Federalist
  Democratic-Republican
  Democratic
  Whig
  Republican

Political Party	Name	State of Residence	Date appointed	President(s) served under
10	William T. Barry	Kentucky	March 9, 1829	Jackson
11	Amos Kendall	Kentucky	May 1, 1835	Jackson, Van Buren
12	John M. Niles	Connecticut	May 19, 1840	Van Buren
13	Francis Granger	New York	March 6, 1841	W. H. Harrison, Tyler
14	Charles A. Wickliffe	Kentucky	September 13, 1841	Tyler
15	Cave Johnson	Tennessee	March 6, 1845	Polk
16	Jacob Collamer	Vermont	March 8, 1849	Taylor
17	Nathan K. Hall	New York	July 23, 1850	Fillmore
18	Samuel Dickinson Hubbard	Connecticut	August 31, 1852	Fillmore
19	James Campbell	Pennsylvania	March 7, 1853	Pierce
20	Aaron V. Brown	Tennessee	March 6, 1857	Buchanan
21	Joseph Holt	Kentucky	March 14, 1859	Buchanan
22	Horatio King	Maine	February 12, 1861	Buchanan
23	Montgomery Blair	District of Columbia	March 5, 1861	Lincoln
24	William Dennison	Ohio	September 24, 1864	Lincoln, A. Johnson
25	Alexander W. Randall	Wisconsin	July 25, 1866	A. Johnson
26	John A. J. Creswell	Maryland	March 5, 1869	Grant
27	James W. Marshall	Virginia	July 3, 1874	Grant
28	Marshall Jewell	Connecticut	August 24, 1874	Grant
29	James N. Tyner	Indiana	July 12, 1876	Grant
30	David M. Key	Tennessee	March 12, 1877	Hayes
31	Horace Maynard	Tennessee	June 2, 1880	Hayes
32	Thomas L. James	New York	March 5, 1881	Garfield, Arthur
33	Timothy O. Howe	Wisconsin	December 20, 1881	Arthur
34	Walter Q. Gresham	Indiana	April 3, 1883	Arthur
35	Frank Hatton	Iowa	October 14, 1884	Arthur
36	William F. Vilas	Wisconsin	March 6, 1885	Cleveland
37	Donald M. Dickinson	Michigan	January 6, 1888	Cleveland
38	John Wanamaker	Pennsylvania	March 5, 1889	B. Harrison
39	Wilson S. Bissell	New York	March 6, 1893	Cleveland
40	William L. Wilson	West Virginia	March 1, 1895	Cleveland
41	James A. Gary	Maryland	March 5, 1897	McKinley
42	Charles Emory Smith	Pennsylvania	April 21, 1898	McKinley, T. Roosevelt
43	Henry C. Payne	Wisconsin	January 9, 1902	T. Roosevelt
44	Robert J. Wynne	Pennsylvania	October 10, 1904	T. Roosevelt
45	George B. Cortelyou	New York	March 6, 1905	T. Roosevelt
46	George von L. Meyer	Massachusetts	January 15, 1907	T. Roosevelt
47	Frank H. Hitchcock	Massachusetts	March 5, 1909	Taft
48	Albert S. Burleson	Texas	March 5, 1913	Wilson
49	Will H. Hays	Indiana	March 5, 1921	Harding
50	Hubert Work	Colorado	March 4, 1922	Harding
51	Harry S. New	Indiana	February 27, 1923	Harding, Coolidge
52	Walter F. Brown	Ohio	March 5, 1929	Hoover
53	James A. Farley	New York	March 4, 1933	F. Roosevelt
54	Frank C. Walker	Pennsylvania	September 10, 1940	F. Roosevelt, Truman
55	Robert E. Hannegan	Missouri	May 8, 1945	Truman
56	Jesse M. Donaldson	Missouri	December 16, 1947	Truman
57	Arthur E. Summerfield	Michigan	January 21, 1953	Eisenhower
58	J. Edward Day	California	January 21, 1961	Kennedy
59	John A. Gronouski	Wisconsin	September 30, 1963	Kennedy, L. Johnson
60	Lawrence F. O'Brien	Massachusetts	November 3, 1965	L. Johnson
61	W. Marvin Watson	Texas	April 26, 1968	L. Johnson
62	Winton M. Blount	Alabama	January 22, 1969	Nixon

Postmasters General over the U.S. Postal Service, 1971–present

Name	Date appointed^[7]	President(s) served under
Winton M. Blount	July 1, 1971	Nixon
E. T. Klassen	January 1, 1972	Nixon, Ford
Benjamin F. Bailar	February 16, 1975	Ford, Carter
William F. Bolger	March 15, 1978	Carter, Reagan
Paul N. Carlin	January 1, 1985	Reagan
Albert Vincent Casey	January 7, 1986
Preston Robert Tisch	August 16, 1986
Anthony M. Frank	March 1, 1988	Reagan, H.W. Bush
Marvin Travis Runyon	July 6, 1992	H.W. Bush, Clinton
William J. Henderson	May 16, 1998	Clinton, Bush
John E. Potter	June 1, 2001	Bush, Obama
Patrick R. Donahoe	January 14, 2011	Obama
Megan Brennan	February 1, 2015	Obama, Trump

Note that, while the above table indicates the President under which each postmaster general served, these postmasters general were appointed by the governors of the Postal Service and not by the President.

Living former Postmasters General

As of November 2017^[update], there are four living former Postmasters General, the oldest being Anthony M. Frank (1988–1992, born 1931). The most recent Postmaster General to die was Paul N. Carlin (1985-86), on April 25, 2018. The most recently serving Postmaster General to die was Marvin Travis Runyon (1992–2000), on May 3, 2004.

Name	Term of office	Date of birth
Anthony M. Frank	1988–1992	(1931-05-31) May 31, 1931 (age 87)
William J. Henderson	1998–2001	(1947-06-16) June 16, 1947 (age 71)
John E. Potter	2001–2010	1956 (age 61–62)
Patrick R. Donahoe	2011–2015	c. 1955 (age 62–63)

Notes

^ O'Keefe, Ed (May 10, 2011). "Salaries of top Postal Service executives revealed". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Publication 100 – The United States Postal Service: An American History 1775–2006. United States Postal Service, May 2007. Also available in PDF format.

^ ^a^b United States Postal Service. "Postmasters General". about.usps.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

^ United States Postal Service. "About the Board of Governors". about.usps.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

^ Michael B. Sauter and Jon C. Ogg. "The 10 Highest-Paid Government Jobs". 24/7WallSt.com. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

^ "Wayback Machine". 2 February 2017.

^ Since July 1, 1971, the Postmaster General has been appointed by and serves under the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.

External links

Official site

Papers of Arthur E. Summerfield, Postmaster General, 1953–1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

[1] O'Keefe, Ed (May 10, 2011). "Salaries of top Postal Service executives revealed". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[2] Publication 100 – The United States Postal Service: An American History 1775–2006. United States Postal Service, May 2007. Also available in PDF format.

[:0-3] United States Postal Service. "Postmasters General". about.usps.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

[4] United States Postal Service. "About the Board of Governors". about.usps.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

[5] Michael B. Sauter and Jon C. Ogg. "The 10 Highest-Paid Government Jobs". 24/7WallSt.com. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[6] "Wayback Machine". 2 February 2017.

[7] Since July 1, 1971, the Postmaster General has been appointed by and serves under the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.

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v t e United States Postmasters General
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United States Postmaster General

Contents

History

Postmasters General under the Continental Congress

Postmasters general over the U.S. Post Office Department, 1789–1971

As non-Cabinet department, 1789–1829

As cabinet department, 1829–1971

Postmasters General over the U.S. Postal Service, 1971–present

Living former Postmasters General

See also

Notes

External links

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Postmaster General of the United States Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service
Incumbent Megan Brennan since February 1, 2015
United States Postal Service
Appointer	Board of Governors
Term length	Indefinite
Inaugural holder	Benjamin Franklin
Formation	1775
Deputy	Ronald A. Stroman
Salary	$276,840^[1]
Website	about.usps.com/leadership