James Albert Gary

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=James Albert Gary


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order=38th
title=United States Postmaster General
term_start=1897
term_end=1898
predecessor=William L. Wilson
successor=Charles Emory Smith
birth_date=1833
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death_date=1920
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profession=Politician, Businessman
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James Albert Gary (1833 - 1920) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the Postmaster General between 1897 and 1898.He spent much of his working life in textile manufacture in the Baltimore Maryland region, and was involved with cotton mills along the Patapsco and Patuxent Rivers, including Ely, Guilford, and Laurel Maryland. At least two churches still standing in these areas were supported / built by him. He had a home in the Mount Vernon section of Baltimore and a summer place in Catonsville.