Frank Hatton (U.S. politician)

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Frank Hatton

32nd United States Postmaster General
In office October 14, 1884 – March 4, 1885
Preceded by	Walter Q. Gresham
Succeeded by	William F. Vilas
Personal details
Born	April 28, 1846 Cambridge, Ohio, USA
Died	April 30, 1894(1894-04-30) (aged 48) Washington, D.C., USA
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician, Editor

Frank Hatton (April 28, 1846 – April 30, 1894) was an American politician and newspaperman.

Born in Cambridge, Ohio, Hatton worked in the newspaper business in Burlington, Iowa. Identifying himself with the Republican Party, primarily the Stalwart faction, he served as Assistant Postmaster General before being promoted to Postmaster General in the cabinet of Chester A. Arthur in 1884.

He worked unsuccessfully to renominate President Arthur at the 1884 Republican National Convention and returned to the newspaper business after the end of his term as Postmaster General in 1885. Hatton served as editor of The Washington Post until he was stricken with a massive stroke at his desk, dying two days after his 48th birthday. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

References

Frank Hatton at Find A Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Walter Q. Gresham	United States Postmaster General Served under: Chester A. Arthur October 14, 1884 – March 4, 1885	Succeeded by William F. Vilas

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

v t e Cabinet of President Chester A. Arthur (1881–1885)

Vice President	None (1881–1885)

Secretary of State	James G. Blaine (1881) Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1881–1885)

Secretary of the Treasury	William Windom (1881) Charles J. Folger (1881–1884) Walter Q. Gresham (1884) Hugh McCulloch (1884–1885)

Secretary of War	Robert Todd Lincoln (1881–1885)

Attorney General	Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1881) Benjamin Harris Brewster (1881–1885)

Postmaster General	Thomas L. James (1881) Timothy O. Howe (1881–1883) Walter Q. Gresham (1883–1884) Frank Hatton (1884–1885)

Secretary of the Navy	William Henry Hunt (1881–1882) William Eaton Chandler (1882–1885)

Secretary of the Interior	Samuel J. Kirkwood (1881–1882) Henry M. Teller (1882–1885)

Persondata
Name	Hatton, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 28, 1846
Place of birth	Cambridge, Ohio, USA
Date of death	April 30, 1894
Place of death	Washington, D.C., USA

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