Postmaster General of the United States

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government office public official position

The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
United States Postmaster General 21
Postmaster General of the United States canonical 11
Office of the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
public official position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
appointedFor indefinite term ⓘ
appointedUnder Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
associatedWith United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government

United States postal policy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork logistics management ⓘ
postal administration ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
firstHolder Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo implement postal regulations ⓘ
manage postal service workforce ⓘ
propose postal rates and classifications ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor Postmaster General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Postmaster General of the Continental Congress
hasJurisdictionOver domestic mail delivery in the United States ⓘ
international postal services of the United States ⓘ
hasSeat United States Postal Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Postal Service Headquarters
headOf United States Postal Service ⓘ
headquartersLocation L’Enfant Plaza ⓘ
surface form: L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C.
historicallyWas member of the United States Cabinet (before 1971) ⓘ
inception 1775 ⓘ
isNot member of the United States Cabinet (post-1971) ⓘ
legalForm public office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
memberOf Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
nativeLabel Postmaster General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Postmaster General
officeHolderRole chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
officeType federal executive position ⓘ
oversees mail processing and distribution network ⓘ
postal infrastructure of the United States ⓘ
postal transportation systems ⓘ
retail postal services ⓘ
partOf United States Postal Service ⓘ
precededBy Deputy Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Deputy Postmaster General of British North America
reportsTo Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
responsibleFor oversight of the nation’s mail system ⓘ
postal operations in the United States ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
supervises day-to-day management of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
postal policies of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benjamin Franklin → heldPosition → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Post Office Department → headOfGovernmentBody → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Post Office Department → positionHeldByHead → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service → hasPart → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service → exOfficioMember → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service → supervises → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Postmaster General of the United States → nativeLabel → Postmaster General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postmaster General
Postmaster General of the United States → hasHistoricalPrecursor → Postmaster General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postmaster General of the Continental Congress
James A. Farley Building → namedForOccupation → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Will H. Hays → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Preston Robert Tisch → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Deputy Postmaster General of the United States → reportsTo → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Deputy Postmaster General of the United States → sharesResponsibilityWith → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Deputy Postmaster General of the United States → isSubordinatePositionOf → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Samuel Osgood → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
David Key → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Public Law 91-375 → established → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service
Public Law 91-375 → changedOfficeOf → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postmaster General from cabinet officer to head of USPS
Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Walter Quinton Gresham → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Walter Q. Gresham
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
George B. Cortelyou → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Bache → officeHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Bache
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
James A. Farley → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Amos Kendall → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Robert J. Wynne → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
John McLean → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Timothy Pickering → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Dickinson County, Michigan → namedForOccupation → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Postmaster General
William Dennison Jr. → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Hays → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Will H. Hays
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Confederate States Postmaster General → predecessor → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General for the seceding states
Confederate States Postmaster General → replacedBy → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General in the former Confederate states
Larry O’Brien → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
DPMG → reportsTo → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Ebenezer Hazard → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
Ebenezer Hazard → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postmaster General of the United States under the Constitution
Mary Marston → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Osgood
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Maria Bowne Franklin → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Osgood
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
John Wanamaker → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General
Horace Maynard → positionHeld → Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Postmaster General