Joseph Habersham

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Joseph Habersham

Joseph Habersham (July 28, 1751 – November 17, 1815) was an American businessman, Continental Congressman, soldier in the Continental Army and Postmaster General of the United States.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, he attended preparatory schools and Princeton College and became successful merchant and planter.

He was a member of the council of safety and the Georgia Provincial Council in 1775 and a major of a battalion of Georgia militiamen and subsequently a colonel in the Continental Army.

He was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation in 1785 and then a member of the convention in 1788 which ratified the U.S. Constitution.

He served as mayor of Savannah from 1792 to 1793 and then was appointed Postmaster General by President George Washington in 1795 and served until the beginning of Thomas Jefferson's administration in 1801.

He died in 1815.

Habersham County in Northeast Georgia, from its creation in 1818, is named in his honor, along with numerous sites and streets throughout the state.

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Preceded by Thomas Gibbons	Mayor of Savannah 1792 – 1793	Succeeded by William Stephens
Preceded by Timothy Pickering	United States Postmaster General 1795 – 1801	Succeeded by Gideon Granger

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U.S. Postal Service: Blount • Klassen • Bailar • Bolger • Carlin • Casey • Tisch • Frank • Runyon • Henderson • Potter

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v • d • e Cabinet of President George Washington (1789-1797)
Vice President	John Adams (1789-1797)	Image:George-Washington.jpg
Secretary of State	Thomas Jefferson (1789-1793) • Edmund Randolph (1794-1795) • Timothy Pickering (1795-1797)
Secretary of the Treasury	Alexander Hamilton (1789-1795) • Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1795-1797)
Secretary of War	Henry Knox (1789-1794) • Timothy Pickering (1795-1795) • James McHenry (1796-1797)
Attorney General	Edmund Randolph (1789-1794) • William Bradford (1794-1795) • Charles Lee (1795-1797)
Postmaster General	Samuel Osgood (1789-1791) • Timothy Pickering (1791-1795) • Joseph Habersham (1795-1797)

v • d • e Cabinet of President John Adams (1797-1801)
Vice President	Thomas Jefferson (1797-1801)	Image:Johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
Secretary of State	Timothy Pickering (1797-1800) • John Marshall (1800-1801)
Secretary of the Treasury	Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (17970-1801) • Samuel Dexter (1801)
Secretary of War	James McHenry (1796-1800) • Samuel Dexter (1800-1801)
Attorney General	Charles Lee (1797-1801)
Postmaster General	Joseph Habersham (1797-1801)
Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert (1798-1801)

v • d • e Cabinet of President Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
Vice President	Aaron Burr (1801-1805) • George Clinton (1805-1809)	Image:T Jefferson by Charles Willson Peale 1791 2.jpg
Secretary of State	James Madison (1801-1809)
Secretary of the Treasury	Samuel Dexter (1801) • Albert Gallatin (1801-1809)
Secretary of War	Henry Dearborn (1801-1809)
Attorney General	Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1801-1804) • Robert Smith (1805) • John Breckinridge (1805-1806) • Caesar A. Rodney (1807-1809)
Postmaster General	Joseph Habersham (1801) • Gideon Granger (1801-1809)
Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert (1801) • Robert Smith (1801-1809)