JOHN A. J. CRESWELL

'John Angel James Creswell' (November 18, 1828 – December 23, 1891) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Maryland between 1865 and 1867, and as United States Postmaster General between 1869 and 1874.
Creswell was born and educated in Maryland, and began political life as a democrat. He later became staunch supporter of President Abraham Lincoln, a republican. He is credited with being the first elected official in the United States government to propose a constitutional amendment banning slavery. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1868, but was rewarded by President Ulysses S. Grant to become U.S. Postmaster General. As postmaster general, Creswell introduced penny postcards and reorganized the department. He also proposed a postal savings system and a postal telegraph. Creswell resigned because of potential scandals in the department, and afterwards became a banker.

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