Edwin Curtis Bailey (June 10, 1816 – August 19, 1890) was an American newspaper editor and postmaster.

He served as the postmaster of Boston from 1853 to 1857,[1] and was a commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.

[2]: 31  In 1878, Bailey was hired by Charles H. Taylor to be editor of The Boston Globe,[2]: 31  a position he held until 1880.

[2]: 447 Bailey died as the result of a train wreck in Quincy, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1890.

[3][4] He was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.