John Cresswell's tenure in this post saw him advocate the repeal of the franking privilege to save money, and in the Garfield administration several subordinates to this cabinet post were implicated in the Star Route Scandal.
One holder of this position resigned after he was discovered to have met with a group of airline executives at the Spoils Conference; that man was Walter Folger Brown. During the Peggy Eaton affair, the only cabinet member not to resign was William T Barry, who held this post. The man who engineered FDR's rise to the Presidency, James Farley, held this post in his cabinet, where he used his patronage powers to ensure passage of New Deal legislation. Amos Kendall held this post under (*) Jackson and Van Buren. John Cresswell's tenure in this post saw him advocate the repeal of the franking privilege to save money, and in the Garfield administration several subordinates to this cabinet post were implicated in the Star Route Scandal. For 10 points, name this position first held by Benjamin Franklin, a former cabinet position in charge of mail in the United States.
One holder of this position resigned after he was discovered to have met with a group of airline executives at the Spoils Conference; that man was Walter Folger Brown.
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