Edward M. Morgan
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Edward M. Morgan was the post master of New York for the first delivery of airmail
Airmail
Airmail is mail that is transported by aircraft. It typically arrives more quickly than surface mail, and usually costs more to send...

 by Earle Lewis Ovington.

Biography

Morgan started off as a letter carrier, and was appointed Postmaster of New York City
Postmaster of New York City
-Postmasters:*Ebenezer Hazard 1775 *Samuel L. Gouverneur 1828 to 1836*Cornelius C. Van Cott ? to 1904, he died in office.*Edward M. Morgan, First Assistant Postmaster and Acting Postmaster at death of Van Cott *William R. Willcox...

 by President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

 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. On December 13, 1911 President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

reappointed him to another term of office. He died on January 9, 1925 at the Lutheran Hospital in New York City.
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