Munroe, Thomas G., 1771-1852

Thomas Munroe was born in 1771 in Annapolis, Maryland to prominent merchant, William Munroe and his wife. He moved to Washington D.C. when he was about 20 years old in 1791. By 1799, he was the Postmaster of the City, a position he held until 1829. He also served as clerk for the District of Columbia Commissioners Board until its dissolution. On June 2, 1802, President Thomas Jefferson appointed Munroe as the Superintendent of the City of Washington, an office that had been newly created by Congress. He served as the Superintendent until 1816. Thomas Munroe also served as a director of the local branch of the Bank of the United States, a trustee of public schools, and one of the founders of the Columbia Manufacturing Company, a cotton textile manufacturer. He was married and had at least one son, Thomas Jr., who died in Mykolayiv, Ukraine after becoming an aide-de-camp to Russian Tsar, Alexander I. Thomas Munroe died in 1852.