Robert Hannegan | |
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| 52nd United States Postmaster General | |
| In office June 30, 1945 – December 15, 1947 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Frank C. Walker |
| Succeeded by | Jesse M. Donaldson |
| Chair of the Democratic National Committee | |
| In office January 23, 1944 – October 29, 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Frank C. Walker |
| Succeeded by | J. Howard McGrath |
| 27th Commissioner of Internal Revenue | |
| In office October 9, 1943 – January 22, 1944 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Guy T. Helvering |
| Succeeded by | Harold Graves (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Emmet Hannegan June 30, 1903 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | October 6, 1949 (aged 46) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Irma Protzmann |
| Education | Saint Louis University (LLB) |
Robert Emmet Hannegan (June 30, 1903 – October 6, 1949) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from October 1943 to January 1944. He also served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1944 to 1947 and United States Postmaster General from 1945 to 1947. At the conclusion of his political career in 1947, Hannegan and his business partner Fred Saigh purchased the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball team. But Hannegan, by then ill with heart disease, sold his share of the team ownership to Saigh a few months before his death.