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Cave Johnson


12th United States Postmaster General
In office March 6, 1845 – March 4, 1849
Preceded by	Charles A. Wickliffe
Succeeded by	Jacob Collamer

Personal details
Born	(1793-01-11)January 11, 1793 Robertson County, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	November 23, 1866(1866-11-23) (aged 73) Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Cumberland College
Profession	Politician

For the character in Portal 2, see Characters of Half-Life § Cave Johnson.

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 of scurvy.

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.

References

^ John, Pinheiro. "Cave Johnson (1845–1849): Postmaster General". American President: An Online Reference Resource. University of Virginia. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

External links

United States Congress. "Cave Johnson (id: J000122)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Cave Johnson at Find A Grave

Political offices Template:U.S. Cabinet Official box
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn Hartwell Marable	Member from Tennessee's 8th congressional district 1829 – 1833	Succeeded byDavid W. Dickinson
New district	Member from Tennessee's 11th congressional district 1833 – 1837	Succeeded byRichard Cheatham
Preceded byRichard Cheatham	Member from Tennessee's 11th congressional district 1839 – 1843	Succeeded byMilton Brown
Preceded byHarvey Magee Watterson	Member from Tennessee's 9th congressional district 1843 – 1845	Succeeded byLucien Bonaparte Chase

v t e United States postmasters general
Confederal	Franklin Bache Hazard
Federal	Osgood Pickering Habersham G. Granger Meigs McLean
Cabinet level Post Office Department	Barry Kendall Niles F. Granger Wickliffe Johnson Collamer Hall Hubbard Campbell A. Brown Holt King Blair Dennison Randall Creswell Marshall Jewell Tyner Key Maynard James Howe Gresham Hatton Vilas Dickinson Wanamaker Bissell Wilson Gary Smith Payne Wynne Cortelyou Meyer Hitchcock Burleson Hays Work New W. Brown Farley Walker Hannegan Donaldson Summerfield Day Gronouski O'Brien Watson Blount
U.S. Postal Service	Blount Klassen Bailar Bolger Carlin Casey Tisch Frank Runyon Henderson Potter Donahoe Brennan DeJoy

v t e Cabinet of President James K. Polk (1845–1849)
Secretary of State	James Buchanan (1845–1849)
Secretary of the Treasury	Robert J. Walker (1845–1849)
Secretary of War	William L. Marcy (1845–1849)
Attorney General	John Y. Mason (1845–1846) Nathan Clifford (1846–1848) Isaac Toucey (1848–1849)
Postmaster General	Cave Johnson (1845–1849)
Secretary of the Navy	George Bancroft (1845–1846) John Y. Mason (1846–1849)

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