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1976 James A Farley, U.S. Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88

1963 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office

1959 Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960)

1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project

1945 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office

1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System

1940 54th Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office

1914 Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961

1908 Maurice Stans, born in Shaokopee, Minnesota, Maurice Hubert Stans, President Richard Nixon's finance chairmen, acquitted in Watergate, U.S. Deputy Postmaster General 1955 - 57, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1969 - 1972

1876 29th Postmaster General: James N. Tyner of Indiana takes office

1874 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office

1874 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office

1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office

1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South

1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office

1850 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office

1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF

1823 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office

1819 John Geary, 1st San Francisco postmaster, 1st mayor, May 1, 1850

1815 William Dennison, postmaster/general, Union

1789 Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department

1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office


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