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Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman born in Andover, Massachusetts, currently a part of North Andover, Massachusetts. His family home still stands at 440 Osgood Street in North Andover and his home in New York City, the Samuel Osgood House , served as the country's first Presidential mansion .
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samuel osgood 1747 1748 samuel osgood postmaster general samuel osgood house edmund randolph samuel osgood painter Samuel Osgood was born in Andover, Massachusetts, February 3, 1748. He graduated from Harvard University and first experienced politics on a small scale, serving from 1774 to 1776 on the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and as a delegate to the Essex County Convention (Massachusetts).He earned more notoriety after a successful stretch with the Revolutionary Army, ascending in rank from ...
Samuel Osgood was the first Postmaster General to serve under the U.S. Constitution. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1748. After graduating from Harvard University in 1770, he served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. During the Revolutionary War, he rose from volunteer militia captain to army colonel.
In 1775, the Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin Postmaster General (PMG). Franklin had previously served in that post under the Crown. He was followed by his son-in-law, Richard Bache, and Ebenezer Hazard. The first Postmaster General of the new United States of America was Samuel Osgood. Postmasters General continued to be appointed by the President until 1971, when the U.S ...
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When the alarm sounded to signal the British were coming, Samuel Osgood led the militia of Andover, Massachusetts into the Battle of Lexington and Concord. After chasing the Redcoats to Boston, Samuel served as an aide-de-camp to Artemas Ward. After the British evacuated the city, Osgood resigned from the militia to accept election to the Massachus...
Samuel Osgood served on the Massachusetts Board of War, which oversaw the state militia during the Revolution. Samuel went to the State’s constitutional convention and afterwards was Andover’s representative in the Massachusetts Senate. At this time he was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress. Osgood spent the second half of the 1780’s ...
Samuel's work did not go unnoticed and in 1789 George Washingtonappointed him as the first Postmaster General of the United States under the new government, a position he held for two years. Osgood, who had moved to New York City during his Treasury job, offered his house to Washington. It was this house which became the first Executive Mansion, pr...
Samuel Osgood proved himself to be a hard worker who put country ahead of politics. When Thomas Jeffersontook over as President, few of the people who associated with the Washington Administration were offered jobs. Osgood, however, was appointed as Naval Officer for the Port of New York. In this position, Samuel was responsible for overseeing the ...
She held the post for 14 years. But in 1789, Postmaster General Samuel Osgood removed her from the position stating that it would require "more traveling . . . than a woman could undertake." Osgood appointed his political ally, John White, a man inexperienced in postal operations, to replace her.
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A letter from Samuel Osgood to DeWitt Clinton written on February 6, 1808. In the letter, Samuel Osgood solicits De Witt Clinton's influence on behalf of Capt. Joseph Hardy, Jr. for the position of harbor master for New York City.
