predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place children title party profession birth_date term_start order spouse image article_title term_end name
donald m. dickinson wilson s. bissell 12 december 1922 philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. thomas e. wanamaker mary wanamaker elizabeth wanamaker brown wanamaker lewis rodman wanamaker horace wanamaker harriett united states postmaster general ; merchant republican politician , merchant 11 july 1838 march 5 , 1889 35th mary erringer brown john wanamaker.jpg john wanamaker
 march 4 , 1893 john vansant wanamaker
john wanamaker

john vansant wanamaker -lrb- july 11 , 1838 -- december 12 , 1922 -rrb- was a united states merchant , religious leader , civic and political figure , considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a `` pioneer in marketing . ''
he served as u.s. postmaster general .
wanamaker was born in philadelphia , pennsylvania .
