FAMOUS POSTMASTERS AT THE USPS

FUN FACT FRIDAY

Many of us might all remember the post office scene in Men In Black II (ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr7pyggTmmY) when Agent J (Will Smith) goes to pull Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) out of “retirement”, as Agent K was working as a postmaster at the Truro, MA 02666 post office.  Of course, Agent K soon finds out that most of his staff were not Truro locals, but rather exotic aliens planted by MIB to keep watch over him.  Agent K isn’t just a postal employee – he’s a significant agency asset and needed once again to save the world from distress and disaster. 

Although not all postmasters are called out of retirement to save the world, there happen to be a lot of VIPs and famous folk who have worked at the post office.  It’s probably no surprise to find on a list the likes of Charles Bukowski (postal clerk in Los Angeles from the 1950’s to 1960’s) or even Steve Carrell (Rural letter carrier in Littleton, MA 01460 in 1985), but did you know that some of today’s well-known U.S. cultural and political dignitaries also held positions as postmasters to their hitting the big time? Here are a few names: 

Abraham Lincoln (US President):  Postmaster at New Salem, IL 62357 (1833–1836) 

Conrad Hilton (Hotelier):  Postmaster in San Antonio, NM (1910–1911) 

Harry Truman (US President):  Postmaster at Grandview, MO 64030 (1914–1915) 

William Faulkner (Novelist): Acting Postmaster and Postmaster in University, MS 38677; (1921–1924) 

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Image and Citation References:  

(1)  The Men in Black franchise movies are the trademarked property of Columbia/SONY Pictures 

(2)  https://meninblack.fandom.com/wiki/Truro_Post_Office#:~:text=The%20Truro%20Post%20Office%20Is,from%20the%20Men%20in%20Black. 

(3)  https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/famous-postal-workers.pdf 

(4)  https://facts.usps.com/wp-content/uploads/Postal-Facts_Infographics_Famous.pdf