How many Postmasters General can you name?

[cayugafalls]

Last edited Sun Aug 16, 2020, 11:49 AM - Edit history (1)

I can name 1. I'm almost certain there were others, right?

Louis DeJoy.

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1. Benjamin franklin

Btw the plural is "postmasters general"

[LisaM]

2. Yep, I was going to name him!

He would probably not be pleased by what's going on now.

[marybourg]

5. I hope certain congresscritters will not be

embarrassing themselves and us by addressing him as “General” as they have taken to doing to the Attorney General.

[cayugafalls]

11. Thanks!

I edited the title. I posted a thought way to late and forgot Franklin...thanks for setting me straight.

I'm up and got coffee, I feel better now.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Two. The first, and if President Howler Monkey gets his way, the last. nt

[Journeyman]

4. Benjamin Franklin, Richard Bache, Montgomery Blair, Lawrence O'Brien, Louis DeJoy . . .

Franklin and Bache because of the critical role they played in Revolutionary society.

Blair because I read extensively about the Civil War.

O'Brien because he was there when my 8th Grade civics teacher had us memorize the names of an incredible number of people in the government. (For some reason, she thought this important means to develop an interest in government.)

Louis DeJoy because.

[marybourg]

6. It looks like she was correct.

[sl8]

7. Has everyone forgotten Henry Atkins?

First appears at ~3:05

[pwb]

8. Two. Franklin and Bolger.

[hlthe2b]

9. Ben Franklin, the first

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Besides Dumpy DeJoy, this guy:

[cayugafalls]

12. I even have that stamp and forgot him.

That's what I get for a final posting at 3am.

I'm better now, I have coffee.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Dr. Franklin understood the importance of communication.

Through his apprenticeship to an older brother, publisher of the New England Courant, Ben discovered the power of the printing press...and could he write!

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/franklinb/aa_franklinb_printer_1.html

Imagine what he could’ve done with the Internet?!

[cayugafalls]

15. I would have loved to see how our founders dealt with the internet.

I bet money it would be protected in the constitution as an avenue of free speech.

[nsd]

14. James Farley, an important New Dealer