Francis Granger

Francis Granger
10th United States Postmaster General
In office March 6, 1841 – September 18, 1841
President	William Henry Harrison John Tyler
Preceded by	John Milton Niles
Succeeded by	Charles A. Wickliffe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	John Dickson
Succeeded by	Mark H. Sibley
In office March 4, 1839 – March 5, 1841
Preceded by	Mark H. Sibley
Succeeded by	John Greig
In office November 27, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	John Greig
Succeeded by	Amasa Dana
Personal details
Born	(1792-12-01)December 1, 1792 Suffield, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	August 31, 1868(1868-08-31) (aged 75) Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican (before 1828) National Republican (1828–1834) Whig (1834–1860) Constitutional Union (1860-1861)
Spouse	Cornelia Rutsen Van Rensselaer
Children	2
Relatives	Gideon Granger (Father) Amos Granger (Cousin) Robert Charles Winthrop (son-in-law)
Residence	Francis Granger House
Education	Yale University (BA)

Francis Granger (December 1, 1792 – August 31, 1868)^[1] was an American politician who represented Ontario County, New York, in the United States House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms. He was a leading figure in the state and national Whig Party, particularly in its moderate-conservative faction. He served as a Whig vice presidential nominee on the party's multi-candidate 1836 ticket and, in that role, became the only person to ever lose a contingent election for the vice presidency in the U.S. Senate.^[2] He also served briefly in 1841 as United States Postmaster General in the cabinet of William Henry Harrison. In 1856, he became the final Whig Party chairman before the party's collapse, after which he joined the Constitutional Union Party.