Samuel Osgood

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American politician Revolutionary War officer human merchant statesman

Samuel Osgood was an American merchant, Revolutionary War officer, and statesman who became the first Postmaster General of the United States under the Constitution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Revolutionary War officer → human → merchant → statesman →
appointedBy	George Washington →
birthDate	1747-02-03 →
birthPlace	Andover, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Andover, Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1813-08-12 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
knownFor	reorganizing the United States Post Office Department → service in the Continental Congress → service in the early federal government of the United States →
memberOf	Continental Congress → Massachusetts House of Representatives → New York State Assembly →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
militaryRank	colonel →
name	Samuel Osgood →
notableFor	being the first Postmaster General of the United States under the Constitution →
occupation	merchant → military officer → politician → postmaster →
officeEndTime	1791-08-12 →
officeStartTime	1789-09-26 →
politicalAlignment	supporter of the American Revolution →
positionHeld	Postmaster General of the United States → member of the Continental Congress → member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → member of the New York State Assembly → president of the New York City Board of Aldermen →
predecessor	Ebenezer Hazard →
relative	Benjamin Franklin (father-in-law by second marriage) →
religion	Congregationalism →
residence	Andover, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Boston, Massachusetts → New York City, New York NERFINISHED →
servedIn	Massachusetts militia →
spouse	Maria Bowne Franklin → Mary Marston →
successor	Timothy Pickering →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Samuel Osgood →	name
Board of Treasury →	notableMember