James Noble Tyner

James Tyner
26th United States Postmaster General
In office July 12, 1876 – March 3, 1877
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	Marshall Jewell
Succeeded by	David M. Key
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th district
In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Godlove Orth
Succeeded by	Morton C. Hunter
Personal details
Born	James Noble Tyner January 17, 1826 Brookville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	December 5, 1904(1904-12-05) (aged 78) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery
Political party	Republican

James Noble Tyner (January 17, 1826 – December 5, 1904) was a 19th Century American lawyer, U.S. Representative from Indiana and U.S. Postmaster General. Tyner served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875.

President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Tyner Second Assistant Postmaster General in 1875, and U.S. Postmaster General in 1876.^[1] Tyner served as First Assistant Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881. In October 1881, President Chester A. Arthur requested his resignation because of his involvement in the Star Route postal frauds and for giving his son, whom he had appointed superintendent of the Chicago Post Office, a $1,000 salary increase.

Tyner served as Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Post Office Department from 1889 to 1893, and from 1897 to 1903. Postmaster General Henry C. Payne requested his resignation in April 1903, after which Tyner was indicted for fraud and bribery. Tyner was acquitted after his family controversially removed pertinent papers from his office safe.