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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 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, died in 1882 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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