A list of United States Postmaster Generals, the names of those who appointed them, and the dates they took office. All appointments by the President were made with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. A star * indicates a carryover from the previous administration.
Theodore Roosevelt
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith* and appointed Henry Payne on January 9, 1902, Robert Wynne on October 10, 1904, George Cortelyou on March 6, 1905, and George von Meyer on January 15, 1907
William Taft
Appointed Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock on March 5, 1909
Woodrow Wilson
Appointed Postmaster General Albert Burleson on March 5, 1913
Warren Harding
Appointed Postmaster General Will Hays on March 5, 1921, Hubert Work on March 4, 1922, and Harry New on February 27, 1923
Calvin Coolidge
Postmaster General Harry New*
Herbert Hoover
Appointed Postmaster General Walter Brown on March 5, 1929
Franklin D Roosevelt
Appointed Postmaster General James Farley on March 4, 1933 and Frank Walker on September 10, 1940
Harry S Truman
Postmaster General Frank Walker*, Robert Hannegan on May 8, 1945, and Jesse Donaldson on December 16, 1947
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Appointed Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield on January 21, 1953
John F. Kennedy
Appointed Postmaster General Edward Day on January 21, 1961 and John Gronouski on September 30, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
Postmaster General John Gronouski* appointed Lawrence O'Brien on November 3, 1965 and W. Marvin Watson on April 26, 1968
Richard M. Nixon
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson on April 26, 1968
Appointed by the Governors of the United States Postal Service
- Winton Blount on July 1, 1971
- E. T. Klassen on January 1, 1972
- Benjamin Bailar on February 16, 1975
- William Bolger on March 15, 1978
- Paul Carlin on January 1, 1985
- Albert Casey on January 7, 1986
- Preston Tisch on August 16, 1986
- Anthony Frank on March 1, 1988
- Marvin Runyon on July 6, 1992
