Edward M. Morgan
Black & white photograph of a man - Morgan - sitting.
Morgan, 1907
Born1855 (1855)
DiedJanuary 9, 1925(1925-01-09) (aged 69–70)
Brooklyn, New York
Occupation(s)Postman, Postmaster
EmployerUnited States Post Office Department
TitlePostmaster of New York City
Term1907-1917, 1921-1925
PredecessorWilliam Russell Willcox
SuccessorJohn J. Kiely
Edward M. Morgan, Frank Harris Hitchcock, and Earle Lewis Ovington
Edward M. Morgan, Frank Harris Hitchcock, and Earle Lewis Ovington

Edward M. Morgan (1855 - January 9, 1925) was the Postmaster of New York City for the first delivery of airmail by Earle Lewis Ovington.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in 1855. Morgan started off as a letter carrier, and was appointed Postmaster of New York City by President Theodore Roosevelt on August 14, 1907, succeeding William R. Willcox, who had resigned to head the Public Service Board. Thomas F. Murphy was appointed as the assistant Postmaster.[3] On December 13, 1911, President William Howard Taft reappointed him to another term of office.[4]

He died on January 9, 1925, at the Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn, New York City.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "E.M. Morgan Dies in his 70th Year. Postmaster Succumbs Early This Morning After Appendicitis Operation. First Named By Roosevelt. He Was the Only Letter Carrier to Rise to the Head of New York Office". The New York Times. January 9, 1925. Retrieved 2008-12-23. Edward M. Morgan, Postmaster of the New York Post Office, died at 1:50 o clock this morning in the Lutheran Hospital, 343 Convent Avenue, following an ...
  2. ^ "Earle Ovington". Airmail Pioneers. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  3. ^ "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". The 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.
  4. ^ "Keeps Postmaster Morgan. His Nomination Sent to the Senate by the President". The New York Times. December 13, 1911. Retrieved 2008-12-23. President Taft to-day decided to reappoint Post-master Edward M. Morgan at New York for another term. Mr. Morgan's nomination, went to the Senate this ...

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