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5 unusual facts about United States Postmaster General

Compromise of 1877

(David M. Key of Tennessee became Postmaster General.)

Double Harness

As the new Postmaster General (Wallis Clark) is a good friend of her father's, Joan invites him to dinner, hoping to land a government contract.

Milwaukee Leader

During World War I, the paper's consistent antimilitarist stand brought it into conflict with the administration of President Woodrow Wilson and his Postmaster General Albert Burleson.

Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar

They hired former Postmaster General Will H. Hays as censor to the industry; the Hays Code would govern how explicit a motion picture could be for decades to come.

Wilhelm Rapp

While in Washington, Rapp met with Abraham Lincoln, who offered him the position of postmaster general.

Franking

Because Benjamin Franklin was an early United States Postmaster General, satirist Richard Armour referred to free congressional mailings as the "Franklin privilege"

Holt, Michigan

Joseph Holt was the U.S. Postmaster General during that time.

Jefferson, Ohio

Jefferson was officially founded by Gideon Granger—U.S. Postmaster General during Thomas Jefferson's administration—in 1803.

Jurney v. MacCracken

During a Senate investigation of airlines and of the U.S. Postmaster General, the attorney William P. MacCracken, Jr. allowed his clients to destroy subpoenaed documents.

Kendall, New York

The town was named after Amos Kendall, the U.S. Postmaster General under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line

Trippe, his wealthy Yale roommate Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and their Aviation Corporation of the Americas chairman Richard Hoyt were close to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, W. Irving Glover, the professional head of the U.S. Post Office as the position of Postmaster General was a political sinecure.

Old Albany Post Road

Milestones were first known to have been placed in 1763, sometime after Benjamin Franklin, who had advocated their use, was appointed the colonies' Joint Postmaster General.