Postmaster of New York City
A post office may have operated in New York City as early as 1687. The United States Postal Service has no information on New York's postmasters prior to the year 1775. The New York City Post Office is first mentioned in Hugh Finlay's journal dated 1773 which lists Alexander Colden as the postmaster of New York City. Other sources indicate that Colden may have served as postmaster as early as 1753.[1] Postmasters are appointed by the President of the United States.
| Name | Title | Date appointed | Notes and references |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Colden | Postmaster | The date of appointment is not known. | |
| John Holt | Postmaster | The date of appointment is not known. He is listed as postmaster in a document written by Mary Katherine Goddard.[1] | |
| Ebenezer Hazard | Postmaster | October 5, 1775 | He was appointed on October 5, 1775 according to his letter to Congress on November 14, 1776.[1][2] He was later appointed as the United States Postmaster General. |
| William Bedlow | Postmaster | April 5, 1784 | The date of appointment is not known. He submitted financial accounts for the post office from April 5, 1784 through October 1789.[1] |
| Sebastian Bauman | Postmaster | February 16, 1790 | The date is for his first financial accounts to Congress. His appointment date is not known.[1] |
| Josias Ten Eyck | Postmaster | January 1, 1804 | The date is for his first financial accounts to Congress. His appointment date is not known.[1] |
| Theodorus Bailey | Postmaster | January 2, 1804 | He died in office. |
| Samuel Laurence Gouverneur | Postmaster | 11/19/1828 | [3] |
| Jonathan J. Coddington | Postmaster | 07/05/1836 | [4] |
| John Lorimer Graham | Postmaster | 03/14/1842 | [4] |
| Robert Hunter Morris | Postmaster | 05/03/1845 | He was later the Mayor of New York City |
| William Vermilye Brady | Postmaster | 05/14/1849 | He was later the Mayor of New York City |
| Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler | Postmaster | 04/01/1853 | |
| John Adams Dix | Postmaster | 05/17/1860 | [5] |
| William B. Taylor | Postmaster | 01/16/1861 | |
| Abram Wakeman | Postmaster | 03/21/1862 | |
| James Kelly | Postmaster | 09/19/1864 | |
| Patrick Henry Jones | Postmaster | 04/27/1869 | |
| Thomas Lemuel James | Postmaster | 03/17/1873 | He was later appointed as the United States Postmaster General. |
| Henry G. Pearson | Postmaster | 03/22/1881 | |
| Cornelius Van Cott | Postmaster | 04/05/1889 | [6] |
| Charles W. Dayton | Postmaster | 06/05/1893 | |
| Cornelius Van Cott | Postmaster | 05/12/1897 | This was his second non-consecutive term. He died in office.[6] |
| William Russell Willcox | Postmaster | 12/07/1904 | He resigned office to become the head of the Public Service Board.[7] |
| Edward M. Morgan | Postmaster | August 14, 1907 | [7] He was postmaster for the first airmail delivery. |
| Thomas Gedney Patten | Postmaster | 03/16/1917 | |
| Edward M. Morgan | Postmaster | 06/23/1921 | |
| John J. Kiely | Acting Postmaster | 01/10/1925 | [8] |
| John J. Kiely | Postmaster | 01/22/1925 | He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster.[8] |
| Albert Goldman | Acting Postmaster | 08/31/1934 | [9] |
| Albert Goldman | Postmaster | 01/16/1935 | He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster. Albert Goldman was the first Jewish postmaster of New York City.[9][10] |
| George M. Bragalini | Acting Postmaster | 04/30/1952 | |
| James B. Tunny | Acting Postmaster | 03/31/1953 | |
| Colonel Harold Riegelman | Acting Postmaster | 05/04/1953 | |
| John H. Sheehan | Acting Postmaster | 08/04/1953 | |
| Robert H. Schaffer | Acting Postmaster | 08/16/1954 | |
| Robert H. Schaffer | Postmaster | 08/02/1955 | He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster. |
| Howard Coonen | Acting Postmaster | 05/31/1957 | |
| Robert K. Christenberry | Acting Postmaster | 06/03/1958 | |
| Robert K. Christenberry | Postmaster | 09/21/1959 | He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster. |
| Eugene Pinson | Acting Postmaster | 07/01/1966 | |
| John R. Strachan | Acting Postmaster | 11/04/1966 | |
| John R. Strachan | Postmaster | 06/26/1967 | He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster. |
| George J. Hass | Officer-In-Charge | 07/16/1971 | |
| Thomas V. Flanagan | Officer-In-Charge | 07/01/1972 | |
| John R. Strachan | Postmaster | 12/09/1972 | This was his second non-consecutive term. |
| George F. Shuman | Officer-In-Charge | 01/13/1979 | |
| Paul E. Donovan | Officer-In-Charge | 02/16/1979 | |
| George F. Shuman | Postmaster | 05/19/1979 | He was promoted from Officer-In-Charge to Postmaster following the intervening appointment of Paul E. Donovan.[11] |
| John M. Nolan | Postmaster | 01/05/1985 | |
| William J. Dowling | Officer-In-Charge | 03/03/1989 | |
| John F. Kelly | Postmaster | 11/04/1989 | |
| Sylvester Black | Postmaster | 01/09/1993 | |
| Vinnie Malloy | Postmaster | 12/19/1998 | |
| Robert A. Daruk, Sr. | Officer-In-Charge | 02/28/2007 | |
| Robert A. Daruk, Sr. | Postmaster | 03/17/2007 | He was promoted from Officer-In-Charge to Postmaster. |
| William J. Schnaars | Postmaster | January 31, 2009 | |
| Lorraine G. Castellano | Postmaster | October 24, 2009 | |
| Aracelis M. Osorio | Officer-In-Charge | July 3, 2010 | |
| Robert J. Brown | Postmaster | October 23, 2010 | |
| Elvin Mercado | Officer-In-Charge | December 13, 2013 | |
| Elvin Mercado | Postmaster | March 8, 2014 | He was promoted from Officer-In-Charge to Postmaster. |
| Kevin J. Crocilla | Postmaster | February 20, 2016 |
References
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^ "Ebenezer Hazard to Dudley Woodbridge, 1781". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2011-05-10.In 1775 he was appointed deputy postmaster of New York City. Hazard advanced in his job and was named to the position of Surveyor General of the Constitutional Post Office in 1776, a role he still held when this letter was written. Shortly thereafter, in 1782, Hazard rose again, this time to the position of Postmaster General. ...
^ "Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
^ ab Wayne Cutler (1993). Correspondence of James K. Polk: September-December 1844. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. p. 347. ISBN 0-87049-777-4.
^ "A Civil War Biography". Civil War Interactive. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
^ ab "Van Cott Dies. Worry Killed Him, Family Say. Apparently Rallied After Spending Night at Post Office. Temporary Successor, to be Named by Bondsmen, Likely to Stay Until After Election". New York Times. October 26, 1904. Retrieved 2011-05-10.Postmaster of the City of New York and Republican leader of the Fifth Assembly District, died suddenly of heart disease yesterday ...
^ ab "Edward M. Morgan made Postmaster. President Roosevelt Appoints Him to Succeed William R. Willcox. Was Once a Letter Carrier And Has Worked Up from the Bottom. His Selection Will Strengthen Taft Boom In This State". New York Times. August 15, 1907. Retrieved 2008-12-23.Edward M. Morgan was appointed Postmaster of New York City by President Roosevelt yesterday, succeeding William R. Willcox, who resigned to become head of the Public Service Board. The announcement of the appointment was made at Oyster Bay in the afternoon after Mr. Morgan had taken luncheon with the President. At the luncheon he was formally apprised of his appointment.
^ ab "John J. Kiely Dies. Ex-Postmasters, 74. Head of the Department Here, 1925-1934. Second to Rise to Office From Ranks. In Service Half Century. Helped to Establish a Hospital Fund for Postal Employees. Goldman in Tribute". New York Times. August 24, 1940. Retrieved 2014-01-26.John J. Kiely, postmaster of New York from 1925 to 1934, died yesterday morning at the Presbyterian Medical Center after a brief illness.
^ ab "Goldman Retires as Head Mailman. City Postmaster for 18 Years, He Acts Ahead of Deadline, 70th Birthday Next July". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
^ "Goldman Believed First Jew to Head New York's Post Office". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1934-08-16. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
^ "George F. Shuman". New York Times. July 22, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
