Cave Johnson

Cave Johnson

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Cave Johnson


image_width=200px
order=12th
title=United States Postmaster General
term_start=March 6, 1845
term_end=March 4, 1849
predecessor=Charles A. Wickliffe
successor=Jacob Collamer
birth_date=birth date|1793|1|11|mf=y
birth_place=Robertson County, Tennessee, U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1866|11|23|1793|1|11
death_place=Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.
party=Democratic
spouse=
profession=Politician
religion=

Cave Johnson (January 11, 1793 – November 23, 1866) was for fourteen years a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Tennessee. He was also the United States Postmaster General under James K. Polk from 1845–1849. He was born in Robertson County, Tennessee and died in Clarksville, Tennessee.

During his tenure at Postmaster General he shifted the postal service from a COD postage delivery system to a prepaid postal delivery system by introducing the postage stamp in 1847. He is also credited with introducing street corner mail boxes in urban areas. He later served as president of the Bank of Tennessee from 1854 to 1860.

External links

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6009350 Cave Johnson] at Find A Grave


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