He also served periods as Treasurer and Postmaster General. August Staffell was the original postmaster in 1856. Christopher William retired from the position of postmaster in 1878. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker. Mallory continued as Secretary of the Navy and Reagan as Postmaster General. The town of Carville was named after his paternal grandfather, Louis Arthur Carville, the postmaster. The first postmaster was Samuel Bishop. His hometown was named after his ancestor, who was the town's postmaster. President Washington appointed Pickering to the position of Postmaster General in 1791. The office was named for the first postmaster, Jefferson Jaqruth. Ira L. Hatfield was the town's first postmaster, appointed in May 1911. Raymond was named after L.V. Raymond, who was the first postmaster in Raymond. It was named after Eloise Dickerson Davock, the daughter of Detroit's postmaster. It was named for its first postmaster, Francis Marion Poteet. He then went into the post office looking for his postmaster.