Famous Postal Workers Name Fame Postal Work Shirley Babashoff Olympic gold medallist, swimmer Letter carrier, Huntington Beach, CA John Brown Abolitionist Postmaster, Randolph, PA Charles Bukowski Poet, novelist, screenwriter Clerk, Los Angeles, CA Anthony Comstock Anti-vice crusader Special agent Bing Crosby Singer, actor Clerk, Spokane, WA Walt Disney Film producer, developer of Substitute carrier, Chicago, IL Disneyland Charles R. Drew Scientist, surgeon Part-time special delivery messenger, Washington, DC James A. Farley Politician Postmaster General William Faulkner Novelist Postmaster, University, MS Benjamin Franklin Statesman, inventor, printer Postmaster General Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. First African-American admiral Railway mail clerk William S. Hart Actor Clerk, New York, NY Will Hays President, Motion Picture Producers Postmaster General and Distributors of America Sherman Hemsley Actor Clerk, Philadelphia, PA, and New York, NY Buck Hill Musician Letter carrier, Washington, DC Conrad Hilton Businessman Postmaster, San Antonio, NM Harry Hooper Baseball Hall-of-Famer Postmaster, Capitola, CA Rock Hudson Actor Letter carrier, Winnetka, IL Sidney Lanier Poet Clerk, Macon, GA Abraham Lincoln President Postmaster, New Salem, IL Charles Lindbergh Aviator Airmail pilot Fred C. Lindstrom Baseball Hall-of-Famer Postmaster, Evanston, IL William McKinley President Assistant postmaster, Poland, OH Samuel F. B. Morse Inventor Superintendent, Telegraph Unit Bill Nye Humorist, author Postmaster, Laramie, WY Knute Rockne Football coach Clerk, Chicago, IL Adlai E. Stevenson Vice President First Assistant Postmaster General Horace A. W. Tabor Silver multimillionaire Postmaster, Denver, CO Harry S. Truman President Postmaster, Grandview, MO John Wanamaker Businessman Postmaster General Noah Webster Lexicographer Special agent Hal Williams Actor Clerk, Los Angeles, CA Richard Wright Author Substitute clerk, Chicago, IL HISTORIAN UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AUGUST 2002 .