James William Marshall

James William Marshall (August 14, 1822 – February 5, 1910) was a United States Postmaster General under President Ulysses S. Grant.

Biography

James William Marshal was born in Clarke County, VA, on August 14, 1822. He was graduated from Dickinson College in 1848, and later was made a Professor of Ancient Languages, which chair he filled until the outbreak of the civil war, when President Lincoln appointed him United States Consul to Leeds, England. Mr. Marshal remained in that capacity for four years, and in 1869 President Grant called him to this country to become First Assistant Postmaster General. Mr. Marshal served in that office until the close of the administration, except for the brief term in 1874 when he temporarily filled the office of Postmaster General to cover an interim between the resignation of Postmaster General Creswell, in July, 1874, and the acceptance of the portfolio by Mr. Jewell in September of the same year. At the close of the Grant Administration Mr. Marshall was appointed General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service by Postmaster General Key.

References

• New York Times James Williams Marshall - February 6, 1910

External links

• James W. Marshall at Find A Grave