Gideon Granger

Gideon Granger (born July 19, 1767 in Suffield , Hartford County , Colony of Connecticut , † December 31, 1822 in Canandaigua , New York ) was an American politician .

Granger was a graduate of Yale University and began a career as a lawyer in 1789. From 1792 to 1801 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . Although relatively unknown nationwide, he was appointed to the Jefferson Cabinet . He was 1801-1814 Postmaster General of the United States ( Postmaster General ) under the President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison ; thereby serving the longest tenure of post office minister in American history. During this period he successfully coped with the territorial expansion of the postal service that became necessary after the Louisiana Purchase . After his time in the cabinet , he went back to the bar, invested in land speculation, and sat in the New York Senate from 1820 to 1821 .

His son Francis Granger later also became Minister of Post.

The Gideon family seat is now a museum.

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