1976 Death James A Farley, U.S. Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 1963 Event 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office 1959 Event Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) 1954 Event Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project 1945 Event 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office 1943 Event Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System 1940 Event 54th Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office 1914 Birthday Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961 1908 Birthday 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 Event 29th Postmaster General: James N. Tyner of Indiana takes office 1874 Event 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office 1874 Event 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office 1866 Event 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office 1861 Event Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South 1852 Event 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office 1850 Event 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office 1849 Event Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF 1823 Event 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office 1819 Birthday John Geary, 1st San Francisco postmaster, 1st mayor, May 1, 1850 1815 Birthday William Dennison, postmaster/general, Union 1789 Event Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department 1775 Event 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office
