Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
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Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
POSTMASTERS
POSTMASTERS. Those who have served the mail service in Dubuque as postmasters have included:
Milo H. Prentice 1833-1835
Guy H. Morrison 1835-1837
Hon. John KING 1837-1849
William H. Robbins 1849-1853
Charles Corkery 1853-1857
H. H. Heath 1857-1861
Virgil J. WILLIAMS 1861-1873
George L. TORBERT 1873-1885
Moses M. HAM 1885-1889
George C. Crane 1889-1893
Moses M. Ham 1893-1897
Joseph S. Morgan 1897-1909
Hennan Ternes 1909-1913
Louis H. BREDE 1913--1917
Maurice CONNOLLY 1917 (three months)
John W. MCEVOY 1917-1920
Charles H. Wunderlich (acting postmaster) 1920--1921
Hennan Ternes 1921-1933
Anthony F. SCHRUP 1934-1960
Gus FUHRMAN 1960 (nine months)
Aphonse M. LINK 1960--1962
Charles J. MURPHY 1962-1990
Donald E. BROWN 1990-2013
Becky BURBACH 2013-