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United States Post Office Department

Government Agency
Agency nameUnited States
Post Office Department
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 20, 1792
Superseding agencyUnited States Postal Service
DissolvedJuly 1, 1971
Operational structure
Agency executivesPostmaster General,

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The Post Office Department (1792 � 1971) was the name of the United States Postal Service when it was a Cabinet department. It was headed by the Postmaster General.

The Postal Service Act signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792, established the Department. Postmaster General John McLean was the first to call it the Post Office Department rather than just the "Post Office." The organization received a boost in prestige when President Andrew Jackson invited his Postmaster General, William T. Barry, to sit as a member of the Cabinet in 1829. The Post Office Act of 1872 ( ) elevated the Post Office Department to Cabinet status.

During the Civil War (1861 � 65), postal services in the Confederacy were provided by the CSA Post Office Department, headed by Postmaster General John Henninger Reagan.

The Postal Reorganization Act was signed by President Richard Nixon on August 12, 1970. It replaced the cabinet-level Post Office Department with the independent Postal Service on July 1, 1971.



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Domestic US Air Mail was formally established as a new class of service by the United States Post Office Department on May 15, 1918, with the inauguration of the Washington-Philadelphia-New York route for which the first of special Air Mail stamps were issued.
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Business Watch: Help a postman - write a letter today - Peoria Journal Star Tweet this news
Peoria Journal Star--Alright class, today our subject is the -US Postal- Service. Your assignment, due before Sept. 30, is to come up with a plan to pull the agency out of the red. While red, white and blue are the colors of our -postal- service, red&apos - Date : Sun, 15 May 2011 06:57:49 GMT+00:00
Letter carriers collect lots of food - Sierra Vista Herald Tweet this news
Sierra Vista Herald--Volunteer Jim Sullivan, 88, loads a truck with donated nonperishable food items for St. Vincent de Paul Society Food Bank on Saturday at the -US Postal- Service -office- parking lot in Sierra Vista. The food donations where collected - Date : Sun, 15 May 2011 09:12:04 GMT+00:00
US Postal Service fined for recurring hazards - MMD Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
MMD Newswire (press release)--NEW YORK (MMD Newswire) May 13, 2011 -- The -US Department- of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the -US Postal- Service for five alleged repeat violations of safety standards following an i - Date : Fri, 13 May 2011 13:43:06 GMT+00:00
Town notes: Bike rodeo, post office food drive - The Coloradoan Tweet this news
The Coloradoan--For more information, you can call the Windsor Police -Department- at (970) 674-6400. The Windsor -Post Office- will conduct its 19th annual food drive today in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. ... - Date : Sat, 14 May 2011 11:10:00 GMT+00:00
USPS calls Lowber post office closure 'temporary' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Tweet this news
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review--Cathy Yarosky, a spokeswoman with the -US Postal- Service, said as of May 13 services are being temporarily suspended at the -office- on Cherry Blossom Street in Lowber because of disagreements with the local fire -department-, - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:14 GMT+00:00
U.S. Postal Service Responds to Mail Theft Story - Patch.com Tweet this news
Patch.com--I am a -Postal- Inspector with the Los Angeles Division of the -United States Postal- Inspection Service. We investigate crimes against the -Postal- Service, our employees and our customers, which includes identity theft investigations. ... - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:44:19 GMT+00:00
Angela Carella: The case of the disappearing tax checks - Stamford Advocate Tweet this news
Stamford Advocate--Forker said he checked with the -US Postal- Service and People's Bank, which processes tax payments for the city, and found no problem. "I don't pick up the mail, I don't deliver the mail. If we receive it, it ge - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:46:32 GMT+00:00
Small town's social hub may be affected by a US Postal Service proposal - San Luis Obispo Tribune Tweet this news
San Luis Obispo Tribune--May 2 is the deadline to comment on proposed organizational changes to the -US Postal- Service. Written comments can be mailed or delivered to the -Department- of Customer Service Standardization, attention: Retail Discontinuance, - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:37:54 GMT+00:00
Residents Line Up To Send Last Minute Taxes - KHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas Tweet this news
KHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas--FORT SMITH, Ark. -- The tax deadline is midnight Monday and there were plenty of last minute taxpayers lined up at the Fort Smith -US Post Office- to send their taxes. Taxpayer Lorna Armstrong said, "It's such a - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:37:48 GMT+00:00
Northrop Grumman cutting 33 jobs in Memphis - Bizjournals.com Tweet this news
Bizjournals.com--The -office- is located at 6060 Primacy Parkway, Suite 204, and the cuts are reportedly related to the ending of a contract with the -US Postal- Service, according to an employee. The positions are in Northrop Grumman's information s - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:16:06 GMT+00:00

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