Marshall Jewell

25th United States Postmaster General
Marshall Jewell

In office August 24, 1874 – July, 1876
Preceded by	James W. Marshall
Succeeded by	James N. Tyner

Born	October 20, 1825(1825-10-20) Winchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	February 10, 1883 (aged 57) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician
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Marshall Jewell (October 20, 1825 – February 10, 1883) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the Governor of Connecticut between 1869 and 1870, and again from 1871 until 1873. Born in 1825 in Winchester, New Hampshire, he was first appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as Minister to Russia from 1873 to 1874, but after only seven months in St. Petersburg, he left. Jewell then served as the Postmaster General between 1874 and 1876. He was also a presidential candidate at the 1876 Republican National Convention and served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1880 until 1883. He died in 1883 in New Haven, Connecticut, and was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.^[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by James E. English	Governor of Connecticut 1869 – 1870	Succeeded by James E. English
Preceded by James E. English	Governor of Connecticut 1871 – 1873	Succeeded by Charles R. Ingersoll
Preceded by James W. Marshall	United States Postmaster General August 24, 1874 – July 1876	Succeeded by James N. Tyner
Party political offices
Preceded by J. Donald Cameron	Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1880 – 1883	Succeeded by Dwight M. Sabin
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by James L. Orr	United States Minister to Russia May 29, 1873 – July 19, 1874	Succeeded by George H. Boker

v • d • e Governors of Connecticut

Trumbull, Sr. • M. Griswold • Huntington • Wolcott, Sr. • Trumbull, Jr. • Treadwall • R. Griswold • Smith • Wolcott, Jr. • Tomlinson • Peters • Edwards • Foot • Edwards • Ellsworth • Cleveland • R.S. Baldwin • Toucey • Bissell • J. Trumbull • Seymour • Pond • Dutton • Minor • Holley • Buckingham • Hawley • English • Jewell • English • Jewell • Ingersoll • Hubbard • Andrews • Bigelow • Waller • Harrison • P. Lounsbury • Bulkeley • Morris • Coffin • Cooke • G. Lounsbury • McLean • Chamberlain • Roberts • Woodruff • Lilley • Weeks • S. Baldwin • Holcomb • Lake • Templeton • Bingham • J.H. Trumbull • Cross • R.E. Baldwin • Hurley • R.E. Baldwin • Snow • McConaughy • Shannon • Bowles • Lodge • Ribicoff • Dempsey • Meskill • Grasso • O'Neill • Weicker • Rowland • Rell

v • d • e United States Postmasters General

Pre-federal: Franklin • Bache • Hazard Cabinet level: Osgood • Pickering • Habersham • G Granger • Meigs • McLean • 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

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Chairpersons of the Republican National Committee

v • d • e Cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Vice President	Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873) • Henry Wilson (1873-1875)

Secretary of State	Elihu B. Washburne (1869) • Hamilton Fish (1869-1877)

Secretary of the Treasury	George S. Boutwell (1869-1873) • William A. Richardson (1873-1874) • Benjamin Bristow (1874-1876) • Lot M. Morrill (1876-1877)

Secretary of War	John A. Rawlins (1869) • William W. Belknap (1869-1876) • Alphonso Taft (1876) • J. Donald Cameron (1876-1877)

Attorney General	Ebenezer R. Hoar (1869-1870) • Amos T. Akerman (1870-1871) • George H. Williams (1871-1875) • Edwards Pierrepont (1875-1876) • Alphonso Taft (1876-1877)

Postmaster General	John Creswell (1869-1874) • James W. Marshall (1974) • Marshall Jewell (1874-1876) • James N. Tyner (1876-1877)

Secretary of the Navy	Adolph E. Borie (1869) • George M. Robeson (1869-1877)

Secretary of the Interior	Jacob D. Cox (1869-1870) • Columbus Delano (1870-1875) • Zachariah Chandler (1875-1877)