Wilson S. Bissell

Wilson S. Bissell
5th Chancellor of the University of Buffalo
In office 1902–1903
Preceded by	James O. Putnam
Succeeded by	Charles Phelps Norton
36th United States Postmaster General
In office March 6, 1893 – March 1, 1895
President	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	John Wanamaker
Succeeded by	William L. Wilson
Personal details
Born	December 31, 1847 New London, New York, USA
Died	October 6, 1903 (aged 55) Buffalo, New York, USA
Political party	Democratic Party
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Wilson Shannon Bissell (December 31, 1847 New London, Oneida County, New York – October 6, 1903 Buffalo, New York) was an American politician from New York.

He graduated from Yale University in 1869 and was a member of Skull and Bones.^[1]:489

From 1873 to 1882 he was a law partner of future President Grover Cleveland. Bissell entered Democratic Party politics as a candidate for Presidential Elector in 1888. He served as Postmaster General under Cleveland from 1893 to 1895. In 1896 he was a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention.^[2]

Apgar's Corners in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey was renamed in 1893 to the village of Bissell in an effort to sway him into ordering that a post office be created in the settlement. A small post office building (no longer in existence) was established soon thereafter.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, vol. 7, 1904
2. ↑ Wilson S. Bissell, United States Postmaster
3. ↑ Stevenson, R.P; Potter, M., Oldtime Days In Mountainville, and Surrounding Towns, (1990), pp.92