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Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman born in Andover, Massachusetts, currently a part of North Andover, Massachusetts. His family home still stands at 440 Osgood Street in North Andover and his home in New York City, the Samuel Osgood House , served as the country's first Presidential mansion .
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Samuel Osgood was born in Andover, Massachusetts, February 3, 1748. He graduated from Harvard University and first experienced politics on a small scale, serving from 1774 to 1776 on the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and as a delegate to the Essex County Convention (Massachusetts).He earned more notoriety after a successful stretch with the ...
Colonel, Continental Army. Samuel Osgood was born on 3 February 1747 in Andover, MA. John Osgood came to Massachusetts from Andover in England in 1638. In 1646 he started a new settlement there and named it Andover for his home town. Four generations later, Captain Peter Osgood lived there and in 1748 he had a third son that he named Samuel.
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Photo, Print, Drawing [Samuel Osgood, first postmaster general, head-and-shoulders portrait] digital file from original
She held the post for 14 years. But in 1789, Postmaster General Samuel Osgood removed her from the position stating that it would require "more traveling . . . than a woman could undertake." Osgood appointed his political ally, John White, a man inexperienced in postal operations, to replace her.
SAMUEL OSGOOD Postmaster General September 26, 1789 to August 12, 1791 Samuel Osgood was the first Postmaster General to serve under the U.S. Constitution. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts , on February 3, 1748. After graduating from Harvard University in 1770, he served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.
