List of Postmasters 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 ColdenPostmasterThe date of appointment is not known.
John HoltPostmasterThe date of appointment is not known. He is listed as postmaster in a document written by Mary Katherine Goddard.[1]
Ebenezer HazardPostmasterOctober 5, 1775He 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 BedlowPostmasterApril 5, 1784The date of appointment is not known. He submitted financial accounts for the post office from April 5, 1784 through October 1789.[1]
Sebastian BaumanPostmasterFebruary 16, 1790The date is for his first financial accounts to Congress. His appointment date is not known.[1]
Josias Ten EyckPostmasterJanuary 1, 1804The date is for his first financial accounts to Congress. His appointment date is not known.[1]
Theodorus BaileyPostmasterJanuary 2, 1804He died in office.
Samuel Laurence GouverneurPostmaster11/19/1828[3]
Jonathan J. CoddingtonPostmaster07/05/1836[4]
Col. James Lorimer GrahamPostmaster03/14/1842[4]
Robert Hunter MorrisPostmaster05/03/1845He was later the Mayor of New York City
William Vermilye BradyPostmaster05/14/1849He was later the Mayor of New York City
Isaac Vanderbeck FowlerPostmaster04/01/1853
John Adams DixPostmaster05/17/1860[5]
William B. TaylorPostmaster01/16/1861
Abram WakemanPostmaster03/21/1862
James KellyPostmaster09/19/1864
Patrick Henry JonesPostmaster04/27/1869
Thomas Lemuel JamesPostmaster03/17/1873He was later appointed as the United States Postmaster General.
Henry G. PearsonPostmaster03/22/1881
Cornelius Van CottPostmaster04/05/1889[6]
Charles W. DaytonPostmaster06/05/1893
Cornelius Van CottPostmaster05/12/1897This was his second non-consecutive term. He died in office.[6]
William Russell WillcoxPostmaster12/07/1904He resigned office to become the head of the Public Service Board.[7]
Edward M. MorganPostmasterAugust 14, 1907[7] He was postmaster for the first airmail delivery.
Thomas Gedney PattenPostmaster03/16/1917
Edward M. MorganPostmaster06/23/1921
John J. KielyActing Postmaster01/10/1925[8]
John J. KielyPostmaster01/22/1925He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster.[8]
Albert GoldmanActing Postmaster08/31/1934[9]
Albert GoldmanPostmaster01/16/1935He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster. Albert Goldman was the first Jewish postmaster of New York City.[9][10]
George M. BragaliniActing Postmaster04/30/1952
James B. TunnyActing Postmaster03/31/1953
Colonel Harold RiegelmanActing Postmaster05/04/1953
John H. SheehanActing Postmaster08/04/1953
Robert H. SchafferActing Postmaster08/16/1954
Robert H. SchafferPostmaster08/02/1955He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster.
Howard CoonenActing Postmaster05/31/1957
Robert K. ChristenberryActing Postmaster06/03/1958
Robert K. ChristenberryPostmaster09/21/1959He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster.
Eugene PinsonActing Postmaster07/01/1966
John R. StrachanActing Postmaster11/04/1966
John R. StrachanPostmaster06/26/1967He was promoted from Acting Postmaster to Postmaster.
George J. HassOfficer-In-Charge07/16/1971
Thomas V. FlanaganOfficer-In-Charge07/01/1972
John R. StrachanPostmaster12/09/1972This was his second non-consecutive term.
George F. ShumanOfficer-In-Charge01/13/1979
Paul E. DonovanOfficer-In-Charge02/16/1979
George F. ShumanPostmaster05/19/1979He was promoted from Officer-In-Charge to Postmaster following the intervening appointment of Paul E. Donovan.[11]
John M. NolanPostmaster01/05/1985
William J. DowlingOfficer-In-Charge03/03/1989
John F. KellyPostmaster11/04/1989
Sylvester BlackPostmaster01/09/1993
Vinnie MalloyPostmaster12/19/1998
Robert A. Daruk, Sr.Officer-In-Charge02/28/2007
Robert A. Daruk, Sr.Postmaster03/17/2007He was promoted from Officer-In-Charge to Postmaster.
William J. SchnaarsPostmasterJanuary 31, 2009
Lorraine G. CastellanoPostmasterOctober 24, 2009
Aracelis M. OsorioOfficer-In-ChargeJuly 3, 2010
Robert J. BrownPostmasterOctober 23, 2010
Elvin MercadoOfficer-In-ChargeDecember 13, 2013
Elvin MercadoPostmasterMarch 8, 2014He was promoted from Officer-In-Charge to Postmaster.
Kevin J. CrocillaPostmasterFebruary 20, 2016
William Russell Willcox circa 1915-1916

References
  1. "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. 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. "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. "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. "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. "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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