United States Postmaster General

Der United States Postmaster General s​teht der amerikanischen Bundespost vor.

Siegel des United States Post Office Department

Ab 1792 h​atte dieses Amt Ministerrang; d​er Postmaster General w​ar Mitglied d​er Bundesregierung. Mit d​em Postal Reorganization Act 1971 w​urde seine Bundesbehörde, d​as United States Post Office Department, abgeschafft u​nd in d​ie unabhängige Bundesbehörde United States Postal Service überführt.

Postminister unter dem Kontinentalkongress
Name Amtszeit
Benjamin Franklin 1775–1776
Richard Bache 1776–1782
Ebenezer Hazard 1782–1789

Liste der Postminister, 1789–1971
Name Amtszeit Diente unter Präsident(en)
Samuel Osgood 1789–1791 George Washington
Timothy Pickering 1791–1795 George Washington
Joseph Habersham 1795–1801 George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
Gideon Granger 1801–1814 Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. 1814–1823 James Madison, James Monroe
John McLean 1823–1829 James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
William Taylor Barry 1829–1835 Andrew Jackson
Amos Kendall 1835–1840 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
John Milton Niles 1840–1841 Martin van Buren
Francis Granger 1841 William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
Charles Anderson Wickliffe 1841–1845 John Tyler
Cave Johnson 1845–1849 James K. Polk
Jacob Collamer 1849–1850 Zachary Taylor
Nathan Kelsey Hall 1850–1852 Millard Fillmore
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard 1852–1853 Millard Fillmore
James Campbell 1853–1857 Franklin Pierce
Aaron Venable Brown 1857–1859 James Buchanan
Joseph Holt 1859–1861 James Buchanan
Horatio King 1861 James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln
Montgomery Blair 1861–1864 Abraham Lincoln
William Dennison Jr. 1864–1866 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
Alexander Williams Randall 1866–1869 Andrew Johnson
John Angel James Creswell 1869–1874 Ulysses S. Grant
James William Marshall 1874 Ulysses S. Grant
Marshall Jewell 1874–1876 Ulysses S. Grant
James Noble Tyner 1876–1877 Ulysses Grant
David McKendree Key 1877–1880 Rutherford B. Hayes
Horace Maynard 1880–1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas Lemuel James 1881 James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
Timothy Otis Howe 1881–1883 Chester A. Arthur
Walter Quintin Gresham 1883–1884 Chester A. Arthur
Frank Hatton 1884–1885 Chester A. Arthur
William Freeman Vilas 1885–1888 Grover Cleveland
Donald McDonald Dickinson 1888–1889 Grover Cleveland
John Wanamaker 1889–1893 Benjamin Harrison
Wilson Shannon Bissell 1893–1895 Grover Cleveland
William Lyne Wilson 1895–1897 Grover Cleveland
James Albert Gary 1897–1898 William McKinley
Charles Emory Smith 1898–1902 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Clay Payne 1902–1904 Theodore Roosevelt
Robert John Wynne 1904–1905 Theodore Roosevelt
George Bruce Cortelyou 1905–1907 Theodore Roosevelt
George von Lengerke Meyer 1907–1909 Theodore Roosevelt
Frank Harris Hitchcock 1909–1913 William Howard Taft
Albert Sidney Burleson 1913–1921 Woodrow Wilson
William Harrison Hays 1921–1922 Warren G. Harding
Hubert Work 1922–1923 Warren G. Harding
Harry Stewart New 1923–1929 Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
Walter Folger Brown 1929–1933 Herbert Hoover
James Aloysius Farley 1933–1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank Comerford Walker 1940–1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
Robert Emmet Hannegan 1945–1947 Harry S. Truman
Jesse Monroe Donaldson 1947–1953 Harry S. Truman
Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield 1953–1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Edward Day 1961–1963 John F. Kennedy
John Austin Gronouski 1963–1965 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Lawrence Francis O’Brien 1965–1968 Lyndon B. Johnson
William Marvin Watson 1968–1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Winton Malcolm Blount 1969–1971 Richard Nixon

Postmaster General, 1971–Gegenwart
Name Amtszeit Diente unter Präsident(en)
Winton Malcolm Blount 1971–1972 Richard Nixon
Elmer T. Klassen 1972–1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Benjamin Franklin Bailar 1975–1978 Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter
William F. Bolger 1978–1985 Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
Paul N. Carlin 1985–1986 Ronald Reagan
Albert Vincent Casey 1986 Ronald Reagan
Preston Robert Tisch 1986–1988 Ronald Reagan
Anthony M. Frank 1988–1992 Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
Marvin T. Runyon 1992–1998 George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton
William J. Henderson 1998–2001 Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
John E. Potter 2001–2010 George W. Bush, Barack Obama
Patrick R. Donahoe 2011–2015 Barack Obama
Megan J. Brennan 2015–2020 Barack Obama, Donald Trump
Louis DeJoy[1] seit 2020 Donald Trump, Joe Biden

Einzelnachweise
  1. Josh Dawsey, Lisa Rein und Jacob Bogage: Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general, giving president new influence over Postal Service. The Washington Post, 7. Mai 2020, abgerufen am 15. Juli 2020 (englisch).
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