|1st United States Postmaster General|
September 26, 1789 – August, 1791
|Succeeded by||Timothy Pickering|
|Born||February 3, 1747
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
|Died||August 12, 1813
New York City, New York, USA
Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman from Andover, Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts and New York state legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the first Postmaster General under the United States Constitution.