Ebenezer Hazard
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Ebenezer Hazard (1744–1817) was born in Philadelphia and educated at Princeton University. He established a publishing business in New York in (1770), but quit that business after five years. He was the Postmaster-General from 1782 to 1789. Afterwards, he helped to establish the Insurance Company of North America at Philadelphia.
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| Preceded by Richard Bache | United States Postmaster General 1782 – 1789 | Succeeded by Samuel Osgood (Presidential Cabinet) |
United States Postmasters General | |
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Pre-federal: Franklin • Bache • Hazard
Cabinet level: Osgood • Pickering • Habersham • G Granger • Meigs • McLean • Barry • Kendall • Niles • F Granger • Wickliffe • Johnson • Collamer • Hall • Hubbard • Campbell • A Brown • Holt • King • Blair • Dennison • Randall • Creswell • Marshall • Jewell • Tyner • Key • Maynard • James • Howe • Gresham • Hatton • Vilas • Dickinson • Wanamaker • Bissell • Wilson • Gary • Smith • Payne • Wynne • Cortelyou • Meyer • Hitchcock • Burleson • Hays • Work • New • W Brown • Farley • Walker • Hannegan • Donaldson • Summerfield • Day • Gronouski • O'Brien • Watson • Blount U.S. Postal Service: Blount • Klassen • Bailar • Bolger • Carlin • Casey • Tisch • Frank • Runyon • Henderson • Potter | Image:PostOffice!.PNG |
