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Frank Harris Hitchcock

American politician (1867–1935)

Field	Value
name	Frank Hitchcock
image	FHHitchcock.jpg
caption	Hitchcock in 1910
office	44th United States Postmaster General
president	William Howard Taft
term_start	March 5, 1909
term_end	March 4, 1913
predecessor	George Meyer
successor	Albert S. Burleson
office1	Chair of the Republican National Committee
term_start1	July 8, 1908
term_end1	March 5, 1909
predecessor1	Harry New
successor1	John Hill
birth_name	Frank Harris Hitchcock
birth_date
birth_place	Amherst, Ohio, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
party	Republican
education	Harvard University (BA)
George Washington University (LLB)
signature	Signature of Frank Harris Hitchcock.png

George Washington University (LLB)

Frank Harris Hitchcock (October 5, 1867 – August 5, 1935), was chairman of Republican National Committee from 1908 to 1909. He was then Postmaster General of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1913.

Biography

Frank Harris Hitchcock was born in Amherst, Ohio on October 5, 1867.

He is credited with establishing the first U.S. airmail service. As Postmaster General, he made prosecution of mail fraud a top priority, and led a major crackdown on people using the mails to sell shares in worthless companies. He's also credited with starting the US Postal Service's Operation Santa in 1912, instructing local postmasters to let workers and citizens respond to Santa letters that were popping up in post offices.

Hitchcock managed the campaign to nominate Taft for the presidency at the 1908 Republican Convention. Hitchcock's subsequent role as Postmaster General made him the main dispenser of patronage jobs for the Taft administration, giving him control over many delegates at the 1912 Republican Convention and prompting anxieties on the part of Taft and others over rumors that Hitchcock might support Roosevelt that year.

Hitchcock moved to Arizona in 1928 where he invested in mining and was an owner of the Tucson Citizen. He advocated the creation of Catalina Highway and Saguaro National Monument. Frank Harris Hitchcock died in Tucson, Arizona on August 5, 1935.

Images

File:Frank H. Hitchcock and T. Coleman du Pont.jpg|Hitchcock with T. Coleman du Pont File:Earle Lewis Ovington 4a38676a01 o.jpg|Edward M. Morgan, Frank Harris Hitchcock, and Earle Lewis Ovington in his Blériot XI File:Ovington 2162926957 48f8225fce o.jpg|Edward M. Morgan, Frank Harris Hitchcock, and Earle Lewis Ovington in his Blériot XI

References

(1910). "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography". James T. White & Company.
Leighton, David. (February 25, 2014). "Street Smarts: General Hitchcock Highway remembers a man whose influence went from D.C. to Tucson and back". Arizona Daily Star.
[http://www.miningswindles.com/html/selling_the_pure_blue_sky.html Selling the Pure Blue Sky] at www.miningswindles.com
Miller, Susan. "'Don't forget about me': USPS' Operation Santa looking for donors to make magic this year".
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La Forte, Robert S.. (February 2000). "Hitchcock, Frank Harris (1867-1935), politician and postmaster general". Oxford University Press.
(August 5, 1935). "F. H. Hitchcock is Dead". [[The Kansas City Star]].

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