Robert Wynne

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Robert John Wynne

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image_width=200px
order=41st
title=United States Postmaster General
term_start=October 10, 1904
term_end=March 5, 1905
predecessor=Henry C. Payne
successor=George B. Cortelyou
birth_date=birth date|1851|11|18|mf=y
birth_place=New York City, New York, U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1922|3|11|1851|11|18
death_place=Washington, D.C., U.S.
party=Republican
spouse=
profession=Politician, Telegrapher
religion=

Robert John Wynne (November 18, 1851 – March 11, 1922) was a United States politician and telegrapher. Born in New York City, Wynne's father died while he was a teenager and had to support his family as a telegrapher. He eventually rose to be chief telegraph operator at the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. He later moved to Washington, D.C. to work as a telegrapher for the "Cincinnati Gazette". In 1891, Wynne became the personal secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Charles W. Foster whom he served until the end of President Benjamin Harrison's term in 1893, returning to pursuits in the newspaper business. In 1902, he was appointed Assistant Postmaster General and in 1904, upon the death of Henry C. Payne, was promoted to Postmaster General in the cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. He served as this until 1905 when he was appointed U.S. consul to Great Britain which he served as until the end of Roosevelt's term in 1909. Wynne died in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 1922 and was interned their in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15750463 Robert Wynne] at Find A Grave