Southerners also were named as secretary of war, interior secretary and postmaster general.

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Lincoln chose William Seward as secretary of state, Salmon Chase as Treasury secretary, Gideon Welles as Navy secretary and Montgomery Blair as postmaster general.

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Many, like Sidney W. Hughes, the postmaster and mayor of tiny Unadilla, Ga.

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Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO, says Postal Service market research and other research has indicated that nearly 7 in 10 Americans support the switch to five-day delivery as a way for the Postal Service to reduce costs.

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But patronage gave way to fund-raising, and the Cabinet position with political clout shifted from postmaster general to commerce secretary.

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