The PMG is selected and appointed for the Board of Governors of the Postal Service, the members of which are appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The postmaster general then also sits on the board. The PMG does not serve at the president's pleasure and can be dismissed by the Board of Governors.[3] The appointment of the postmaster general does not require Senate confirmation.[4][5] The governors, and the postmaster general elect the deputy postmaster general.
The current officeholder is Louis DeJoy, appointed on June 16, 2020.[6]
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July 05, 2023
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The United States postmaster general PMG is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service USPS 2 The PMG is responsible for managing and directing the day to day operations of the agency United States Postmaster GeneralIncumbentLouis DeJoysince June 16 2020United States Postal ServiceStylePostmaster GeneralStatusChief executiveMember ofBoard of Governors of the United States Postal ServiceSeat475 L Enfant Plaza SW Washington D C 20260AppointerBoard of GovernorsTerm lengthNo fixed termConstituting instrument39 U S C 203Formation1775First holderBenjamin FranklinDeputyDeputy Postmaster GeneralSalary 303 460 1 The PMG is selected and appointed for the Board of Governors of the Postal Service the members of which are appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate The postmaster general then also sits on the board The PMG does not serve at the president s pleasure and can be dismissed by the Board of Governors 3 The appointment of the postmaster general does not require Senate confirmation 4 5 The governors and the postmaster general elect the deputy postmaster general The current officeholder is Louis DeJoy appointed on June 16 2020 6 Contents 1 History 2 List of postmasters general 2 1 Under the Continental Congress 2 2 U S Post Office Department 1789 1971 2 2 1 As non Cabinet department 1789 1829 2 2 2 As cabinet department 1829 1971 2 3 U S Postal Service 1971 present 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe office in one form or another dates from before the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence having been based on the much older English and later British position of Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin was appointed by the Continental Congress as the first postmaster general in 1775 7 serving just over 15 months Franklin had previously served as deputy postmaster for the British colonies of North America since 1753 Until 1971 the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department or simply Post Office until the 1820s 8 60 65 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 8 120 From 1829 to 1971 the postmaster general was a member of the president s Cabinet After the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883 and prior to the passage of the Hatch Act of 1939 9 the postmaster general was in charge of the governing party s patronage and was a powerful position which held much influence within the party as exemplified by James Farley s 1933 1940 tenure under Franklin D Roosevelt 10 After the spoils system was reformed the position remained a Cabinet post and it was often given to a new president s campaign manager or other key political supporters including Arthur Summerfield W Marvin Watson and Larry O Brien all of whom played vital roles organizing the campaigns of presidents Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson respectively and was considered something of a sinecure Notably poet and literary scholar Charles Olson who served as a Democratic National Committee official during the 1944 United States presidential election declined the position in January 1945 In 1971 the Post Office Department was re organized into the United States Postal Service an independent agency of the executive branch and the postmaster general was no longer a member of the Cabinet 11 nor in line of presidential succession The postmaster general is now appointed by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate 8 120 12 List of postmasters general EditUnder the Continental Congress Edit Name Date appointed1 Benjamin Franklin July 26 17752 Richard Bache November 7 17763 Ebenezer Hazard January 28 1782 Samuel Osgood 1747 1813 U S Post Office Department 1789 1971 Edit As non Cabinet department 1789 1829 Edit Parties No party Federalist Democratic Republican Democratic Whig Republican Political Party Name State of residence Date appointed President s served under4 Samuel Osgood Massachusetts September 26 1789 Washington5 Timothy Pickering Pennsylvania August 12 1791 Washington6 Joseph Habersham Georgia February 25 1795 Washington Adams Jefferson7 Gideon Granger Connecticut November 28 1801 Jefferson Madison8 Return J Meigs Jr Ohio March 17 1814 Madison Monroe9 John McLean Ohio June 26 1823 Monroe J Q AdamsAs cabinet department 1829 1971 Edit Parties No party Federalist Democratic Republican Democratic Whig Republican Political Party Name State of residence Date appointed President s served under10 William T Barry Kentucky March 9 1829 Jackson11 Amos Kendall Kentucky May 1 1835 Jackson Van Buren12 John M Niles Connecticut May 19 1840 Van Buren13 Francis Granger New York March 6 1841 W H Harrison Tyler14 Charles A Wickliffe Kentucky September 13 1841 Tyler15 Cave Johnson Tennessee March 6 1845 Polk16 Jacob Collamer Vermont March 8 1849 Taylor17 Nathan K Hall New York July 23 1850 Fillmore18 Samuel Dickinson Hubbard Connecticut August 31 1852 Fillmore19 James Campbell Pennsylvania March 7 1853 Pierce20 Aaron V Brown Tennessee March 6 1857 Buchanan21 Joseph Holt Kentucky March 14 1859 Buchanan22 Horatio King Maine February 12 1861 Buchanan23 Montgomery Blair District of Columbia March 5 1861 Lincoln24 William Dennison Ohio September 24 1864 Lincoln A Johnson25 Alexander W Randall Wisconsin July 25 1866 A Johnson26 John A J Creswell Maryland March 5 1869 Grant27 James W Marshall Virginia July 3 1874 Grant28 Marshall Jewell Connecticut August 24 1874 Grant29 James N Tyner Indiana July 12 1876 Grant30 David M Key Tennessee March 12 1877 Hayes31 Horace Maynard Tennessee June 2 1880 Hayes32 Thomas Lemuel James New York March 5 1881 Garfield Arthur33 Timothy O Howe Wisconsin December 20 1881 Arthur34 Walter Q Gresham Indiana April 3 1883 Arthur35 Frank Hatton Iowa October 14 1884 Arthur36 William F Vilas Wisconsin March 6 1885 Cleveland37 Donald M Dickinson Michigan January 6 1888 Cleveland38 John Wanamaker Pennsylvania March 5 1889 B Harrison39 Wilson S Bissell New York March 6 1893 Cleveland40 William L Wilson West Virginia March 1 1895 Cleveland41 James A Gary Maryland March 5 1897 McKinley42 Charles Emory Smith Pennsylvania April 21 1898 McKinley T Roosevelt43 Henry C Payne Wisconsin January 9 1902 T Roosevelt44 Robert J Wynne Pennsylvania October 10 1904 T Roosevelt45 George B Cortelyou New York March 6 1905 T Roosevelt46 George von L Meyer Massachusetts January 15 1907 T Roosevelt47 Frank H Hitchcock Massachusetts March 5 1909 Taft48 Albert S Burleson Texas March 5 1913 Wilson49 Will H Hays Indiana March 5 1921 Harding50 Hubert Work Colorado March 4 1922 Harding51 Harry S New Indiana February 27 1923 Harding Coolidge52 Walter F Brown Ohio March 5 1929 Hoover53 James A Farley New York March 4 1933 F Roosevelt54 Frank C Walker Pennsylvania September 10 1940 F Roosevelt Truman55 Robert E Hannegan Missouri May 8 1945 Truman56 Jesse M Donaldson Missouri December 16 1947 Truman57 Arthur E Summerfield Michigan January 21 1953 Eisenhower58 J Edward Day California January 21 1961 Kennedy59 John A Gronouski Wisconsin September 30 1963 Kennedy L Johnson60 Lawrence F O Brien Massachusetts November 3 1965 L Johnson61 W Marvin Watson Texas April 26 1968 L Johnson62 Winton M Blount Alabama January 22 1969 NixonU S Postal Service 1971 present Edit Name Date appointed 13 President s served under62 Winton M Blount January 1 1971 Nixon63 E T Klassen January 1 1972 Nixon Ford64 Benjamin F Bailar February 16 1975 Ford Carter65 William F Bolger March 15 1978 Carter Reagan66 Paul N Carlin January 1 1985 Reagan67 Albert Vincent Casey January 7 198668 Preston Robert Tisch August 16 198669 Anthony M Frank March 1 1988 Reagan H W Bush70 Marvin Travis Runyon July 6 1992 H W Bush Clinton71 William J Henderson May 16 1998 Clinton Bush72 John E Potter June 1 2001 Bush Obama73 Patrick R Donahoe January 14 2011 Obama74 Megan Brennan February 1 2015 Obama Trump75 Louis DeJoy June 15 2020 Trump BidenSee also EditPostmaster General John Henninger Reagan the only postmaster general of the Confederate States of AmericaReferences Edit DeJoy hired four people who worked for his businesses to work at USPS CNN September 15 2020 39 U S Code 203 Postmaster General Deputy Postmaster General https about usps com who leadership board governors bare URL https about usps com newsroom national releases 2020 0506 bog announces selection of louis dejoy to serve as nations 75th postmaster general htm bare URL 39 U S Code 202 Board of Governors https about usps com who leadership officers pmg ceo htm bare URL Benjamin Franklin About USPS PDF United States Postal Service Historian US Postal Service February 2003 Archived PDF from the original on 6 October 2019 Retrieved 6 October 2019 a b c The United States Postal Service An American History 1775 2006 PDF United States Postal Service 2020 ISBN 978 0 9630952 4 4 Savage Sean J 1991 Roosevelt The Party Leader 1932 1945 University Press of Kentucky ISBN 978 0813117553 Archived from the original on July 9 2020 Farley And Howe To Rule Patronage To Ease Roosevelt s Burden They Will Meet the Office seekers at Capital Working All Next Month Meantime Republicans Plan to Reorganize Committees and Start Publicity for 1936 The New York Times January 11 1933 History of the United States Postal Service Mailbox Near Me Retrieved 2019 11 07 About the Board of Governors United States Postal Service Archived from the original on 2011 09 27 Retrieved 2018 05 18 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 Edit Postal leadership USPS June 2020 Archived from the original on 2014 10 03 Papers of Arthur E Summerfield Postmaster General 1953 1961 Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library Archived from the original on May 12 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Postmaster General amp oldid 1150953534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
