Edward M. Morgan
American postmaster
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| Intro | American postmaster | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Postmaster | |
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| Death | 9 January 1925 |
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Edward M. Morgan (1855 - January 9, 1925) was the Postmaster of New York City for the first delivery of airmail by Earle Lewis Ovington.
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Morgan started off as a letter carrier, and was appointed Postmaster of New York City by President Theodore Roosevelt 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 reappointed him to another term of office. He died on January 9, 1925 at the Lutheran Hospital in New York City.