predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title party profession birth_date term_start order image article_title term_end name alma_mater
horace maynard timothy o. howe 11 september 1916 utica , new york , usa new york city , usa united states postmaster general republican banker , journalist , politician march 29 , 1831 march 5 , 1881 29th thomas l. james cph.3a02198.jpg thomas lemuel james
 december 20 , 1881 thomas lemuel james hamilton college
thomas lemuel james

thomas lemuel james -lrb- march 29 , 1831 -- september 11 , 1916 -rrb- was an american journalist , government official , and banker who served as the united states postmaster general in 1881 .
