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Walter Folger Brown

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President
  
Profession
  
Politician

Succeeded by
  
Children
  
No children

Party
  

Political party
  
Republican

Spouse
  
Katharin Brown (m. 1903)

Preceded by
  
Harry S. New

Name
  
Walter Brown

Resting place
  
Walter Folger Brown

Born
  
May 31, 1869Massillon, Ohio, United States (
1869-05-31
)

Died
  
January 26, 1961, Toledo, Ohio, United States

1933 Walter Folger Brown Talks On Aerial Postal Service


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.

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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.

References

Walter Folger Brown Wikipedia


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