after a 21 6 % increase in convenience store industry card fees in 2010 they jumped 23 3 % in 2011 to a record $ 11 billion and hit $ 11 2 billion in 2012 total credit and debit card fees surpassed overall c store industry profits for the sixth consecutive year
The first known black female postmaster was Minnie Cox, appointed postmaster of Indianola (pop. 10,863) in 1891 by President Benjamin Harrison.
The final Cabinet level position created by Washington was the Postmaster General. The Postmaster role went back to 1776, with the function to provide postal service for the United States. Washington signed the Postal Service Act on February 20, 1792, creating the United States Post Office Department. Washington appointed Samuel Osgood to the post on September 26, 1789 as the first Postmaster General. None of this explains why Washington's Cabinet didn't meet until 1793.