Walter Folger Brown

Walter Folger Brown
49th United States Postmaster General
In office March 5, 1929 – March 4, 1933
President	Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	Harry S. New
Succeeded by	James A. Farley
Personal details
Born	(1869-05-31)May 31, 1869 Massillon, Ohio, United States
Died	January 26, 1961(1961-01-26) (aged 91) Toledo, Ohio, United States
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Katharin Brown
Profession	Politician

Walter Folger Brown (May 31, 1869 – January 26, 1961) was Postmaster General of the United States from March 5, 1929 to March 4, 1933 under Herbert Hoover's administration.

Biography

Brown was born in Massillon, Ohio, to Lavinia (née Folger) and James Marshal Brown. He was best known from his involvement in the Air Mail scandal. He married Katherin Hafer on September 10, 1903. Brown had no children.

Brown served as President Hoover's Postmaster General from 1929 until 1933. He was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Ohio in 1940 and 1944, and served as the president of the Toledo, Ohio Humane Society from 1911 until 1961.

Brown died at age 91 in Toledo, Ohio on January 26, 1961. He was buried next to his wife Katherin Hafer in Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.

See also

• United States government role in civil aviation

Further reading

• Air transportation: a management perspective By J. G. Wensveen, 6th Ed., 2007, p. 35.

External links

• Walter Folger Brown at Find A Grave
• Walter Folger Brown: The Postmaster General Who Built the U.S. Airline Industry

United States Postmasters General
Confederal	Franklin Bache Hazard
Federal	Osgood Pickering Habersham G. Granger Meigs McLean
Cabinet level Post Office Department	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 Donahoe Brennan

Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover (1929–33)
Vice President	Charles Curtis (1929–33)
Secretary of State	Frank B. Kellogg (1929) Henry L. Stimson (1929–33)
Secretary of the Treasury	Andrew W. Mellon (1929–32) Ogden L. Mills (1932–33)
Secretary of War	James W. Good (1929) Patrick J. Hurley (1929–33)
Attorney General	William DeWitt Mitchell (1929–33)
Postmaster General	Walter F. Brown (1929–33)
Secretary of the Navy	Charles F. Adams, III (1929–33)
Secretary of the Interior	Ray Lyman Wilbur (1929–33)
Secretary of Agriculture	Arthur M. Hyde (1929–33)
Secretary of Commerce	Robert P. Lamont (1929–32) Roy D. Chapin (1932–33)
Secretary of Labor	James J. Davis (1929–30) William N. Doak (1930–33)