Illinois HR 376: CONGRATS-MARK AND ROSE FROSETH

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HR0376LRB104 13633 ECR 26267 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The dedicated postal workers of the United States 

3Postal Service (USPS) provide a vital service to the American 

4public, ensuring the safe and efficient passage of the mail in 

5order to connect individuals, communities, and businesses, 

6pursuant to their constitutionally mandated duty; and

7 WHEREAS, Benjamin Franklin was appointed to serve as the 

8first Postmaster General in what is now the United States by 

9the Continental Congress in 1775; since then, the history of 

10the USPS has been interwoven with that of the country it 

11serves; and

12 WHEREAS, For the first decades of the postal service, 

13postage paid only for the delivery of mail from one post office 

14to another, but in response to the needs and wants of Americans 

15during the Civil War, the postal service launched free 

16delivery in cities under the guidance of Postmaster General 

17Montgomery Blair in 1863; and

18 WHEREAS, In the 1890s, Postmaster General John Wanamaker 

19began campaigning to extend free delivery to rural 

20communities, promoting rural free delivery as a way to help 

21businesses expand their markets, ensure residents could 

22receive vital and important information from newspapers, and 

HR0376- 2 -LRB104 13633 ECR 26267 r

1help ease isolation and connect communities; and

2 WHEREAS, Reflecting the march of the United States towards 

3freedom and equality for all Americans, the postal service has 

4been home to many groundbreaking public servants, including 

5Mary Katherine Goddard, the first known woman postmaster in 

6what would become the United States and the first woman to be a 

7manager in the federal government, William Cooper Nell, an 

8abol