Samuel Osgood was an American merchant and statesman born in Andover, Massachusetts, currently a part of North Andover, Massachusetts.
16 Facts About Samuel Osgood
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Samuel Osgood served in the Massachusetts and New York State legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the fourth Postmaster General of the United States, serving during George Washington's first term.
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John Osgood came to Massachusetts from Andover in England in 1638.
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Four generations later, Captain Peter Osgood lived there and in 1747 he had a third son whom he named Samuel.
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Samuel Osgood attended Dummer Academy, and then Harvard College, where he studied theology and graduated in 1770.
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Samuel Osgood joined the local militia, was elected to represent the town in the colonial assembly, and in 1775 to the provincial congress that functioned as a revolutionary government.
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Samuel Osgood led a local company of minutemen into the Battle of Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775.
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Samuel Osgood became an aide to General Artemas Ward, and was promoted to Colonel.
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Samuel Osgood moved to New York City to take up this office, which he held until the Congressional Government ended.
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One of the first things Samuel Osgood would do is make the Post Office in Baltimore the new regional headquarters, whose postmaster was Katherine Goddard.
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Samuel Osgood ordered Goddard to resign from her post and was replaced by John White.
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Samuel Osgood offered the mansion to Washington so that the President and his wife would have what was then considered the finest house in the city as their home.
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Samuel Osgood was a presidential elector in 1792, and cast his votes for George Washington and George Clinton.
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Samuel Osgood was a member of the American Philosophical Society, and in his later years devoted time to writing and study.
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Samuel Osgood had an extensive correspondence with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson among others.
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Samuel Osgood's portrait has been housed in the President's Room of the US Capitol since Lincoln's presidency.