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William Russell Willcox circa 1915-1916

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]
Col. James 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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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Postmasters of New York City". United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  2. ^ "Ebenezer Hazard to Dudley Woodbridge, 1781". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. 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. ...
  3. ^ "Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  4. ^ a b Wayne Cutler (1993). Correspondence of James K. Polk: September-December 1844. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. p. 347. ISBN 0-87049-777-4.
  5. ^ "A Civil War Biography". Civil War Interactive. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  6. ^ a b "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 ...
  7. ^ a b "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.
  8. ^ a b "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.
  9. ^ a b "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.
  10. ^ "Goldman Believed First Jew to Head New York's Post Office". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1934-08-16. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  11. ^ "George F. Shuman". New York Times. July 22, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
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