Saturday, November 5, 2011

 NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY

Magazine article from early 1900', several pages long.
 
                                                                  sample pages


Some Key Names and Places mentioned in the article :

 Union  New
England 


John D. Long  Secretary  Navy 1897-1902

 .
In Continental 

  -
 New England. Whipple  Saltonstall.
Manly  Talbot  Tucker  J. B.
Hopkins New Englanders; 
Esek Hopkins  -
  American . The
Decatur
Perrys Commodores
O. H. M. C. Perry 
Rhode Island. Isaac Hull
 Scer  War 1812 
 Connecticut. Rear-Admirals A. H.
Foote C. H. Davis
 Civil W^  New
England; Admiral George Dewey

 Spain Vermonter.
The
 Naval Committee
Marine Committee  Continental Congress.
These 
 Navy Department
 Washington; 
  ''
 ." The Naval Committee
 1775
Continental
. Commodore Hopkins'
 New Providence 
 . For
 
Philadelphia. A 
 New Englanders. Each 
States
  Naval Committee.
John Langdon New Hampshire;
John Adams  NIassachusetts; Stephen
Hopkins  Rhode Island; Silas Deane
Connecticut. For 

Stephen Hopkins ' . He
 Governor Rhode Island 
  State.
John Adams

 
  Hopkins
  Naval Committee:
" Governor Hopkins  Rhode Island
.
Upon
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  English
Pope  Thomson  Milton;


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652
Stephen Hopkins  Chairman  Naval Committee 1775-1776
  .
The .
Hopkins


 ."
In  1776 Marine Committee
 
 Naval Committee 

 December  1779. It
 Continental 
 . The
  Captains John Paul
Jones  Lambert Wickes  Gustavus Conyngham
Samuel Tucker  Abraham Whipple
 J. B. Hopkins 
  Marine Committee.
The  Philadelphia


British. Three  '
 New Englanders. The
 John Hancock
 Boston  Continental
Congress. Later 
  Samuel Adams  Boston 
  ;  William
Whipple  New Hampshire
  Declaration Independence.
For  Rhode Island
 Marine Committee William
EUery. He 
  Newport. He 
NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY

John Hancock  Chairman  Marine Committee 1776-1777
  Revolutionary 
State. He 
Declaration. In December  1779
EUery Board
Admiralty 
 Marine Committee 
 Continental Congress. Another

Francis Lewis  New York. For

 Continental .
The  Marine
Committee Board Admiralty
 Navy Board Boston 
 New Englanders. It
  1777 
 
 New England
. Since Marine Committee
 Board Admiralty
 Philadelphia
 Boston 
 Boston 
 . The
  Boston  James
Warren  Plymouth  Mass.; William
Vernon  Newport  R. I.; John Deshon
 New London  Conn. Foremost
 Warren 
Revolutionary . He 
 Massachusetts Provincial Congress
  ^Massachusetts Board
 War. He John
 Samuel Adams 
654
 .
Vernon  Boston 
 
Newport
- . During Revolution


 . Before 

Europe West Indies Africa.
Deshon  Huguenot . He
  Revolutionary
New London 
  Connecticut. He

Connecticut .
The Continental
1785
 Alliance. In 1794 
 Constitution . For
 War Department
 1798 Navy Department
 . President Adamis'

George Cabot Salem  Mass. 
 Federalist
Alexander Hamilton. As 
 Harvard 
Sophomore ; 
 
. He Massachusetts
 
Constitution  State
  Congress 1791 1796.
Cabot Secretary
 Navy 

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American . Suffer 


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 Navy Department 
 Secretary
 Navy. In 18 14
 Hartford Convention 

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In 1805 President Jefferson
New Englander 
 . In 
 Jacob Crowninshield  Salem
Mass. Robert Smith
 . Crowninshield


 Washington. In December  18 14
Benjamin W. Crowninshield  Jacob'
 President Madison
  Navy Department. He
 1815 1818.
The Crowninshields 
Salem 
  . For
 " Crowninshield' Wharf"

 . The Crowninshield
  American
  East India . In
 
 
 
. At
 East Indiaman. In 1796
Captain Jacob  Bengal
 
  . It  $10 000.
Another Captain George 
 " Cleopatra' Barge " 
  Atlantic. With 
 Napoleon
 St. Helena
  Napoleon'
 .
Princess Murat

 . Captain
George  Halifax
  Henry 
 Captain James Lawrence Lieutenant
A. C. Ludlow 
 Chesapeake  Shannon
June I  1813. He

 . Rear-
Admiral A. S. Crowninshield 
NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 655
 Captain Jacob
  Bureau Navigation
  Spanish -American
War.
B. W. Crowninshield'
 . The

 74- Delaware  Ohio 
North Carolina 
  Old Navy. In 18 15 Board
 Navy Commissioners
 
 
John
George Cabot  Secretary  Navy 1798
  War 1812
  Congress
 . Under Crowninshield
 American --
 
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In 18 16 Congress 
 --
44- . Work 
Rodgers . Isaac Hull  Connecticut
 .
In 1815-16
 Algerines

 West India . After
 Navy Department  1818  Crowninshield
  Congress.
In 1830 -
656
Benjamin W. Crowninshield  Secretary  Navy 1814-1818
  Rufus
Choate Salem.
Levi Woodbury  Francestown
N. H.  1789  Secretary
 Navy 183 1 1834. He
  New England
 Massachusetts.
He . At

 Supreme Court New Hampshire;
-  Governor  State;
-  United States . He
 Secretary  Navy  Secretary
 Treasury ;
 -
Supreme Court  United States 
 Judge Joseph Story.
He Spain
  President Jackson 
  England
President Polk. The 
 
 Oregon Question. The
  ' 
 -. In Democrat
 1825
  New Hampshire Legislature
  "Rock
New England Democracy." Early 1850
 Democratic
  . His

NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 657
 

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  . One Woodbury'
 Lincohi' Assistant Secretary
 Navy  Gustavus V. Fox;
 Lincoln' Postmaster-General
Montgomery Blair.
Secretary  Navy David Henshaw
  Leicester  Mass.  1791.
From 1807 1829 
 Boston
  . He
 Massachusetts

Boston Worcester  Boston Albany
 Boston Providence . He
 
 Democratic
. He  State
  1829 1837
  Boston. He
 Secretary  Navy
 Senate July
1843. In January  1844 
  Senate
. His
 Senate
President'  Secretary  Navy.
Henshaw
Feb. 19  1844. His  Senate
February 28
 
Princeton .
Henshaw'
 . It 

 . About
 - 
. These
 
  .
George Bancroft  Secretary  Navy
 March  1845  ^ September  1846 
 Worcester  Mass.  1800. He
 Harvard 
 18 1 7. He  University
Gottingen 

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French Italian Artaud
 Bunsen; Arabic  Hebrew  Scripture
  Eichhorn;
  Blumenbach;
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Greek Dissen; 
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 Humboldt
Savigny  Niebuhr  Bunsen  Lafayette.
On 1822
  Harvard.
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  Boston;  1844
  Democratic
Governor Massachusetts
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During  Bancroft

. He 
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Successive 
 United States 
1834 1882. His 
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Their 
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.
Bancroft * Democrat 
  James K. Polk
  658

Levi Woodbury  Secretary  Navy 1831-1834
 Baltimore  Polk
1844. He
Polk' Cabinet. It President
 
 -
 
 Secretary  Navy. The
 Bancroft

 
 .
Bancroft'
 


 Naval School Annapolis. His

  .
No

 . For 
 Philadelphia.
This 1845
 Annapolis 
 War Department . He
 
 
 Naval
Academy. While Acting Secretary War
Bancroft General Taylor
  Texan . He
  Commodore Sloat
California Mexico.
In September  1846  Bancroft
NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 659
David Henshaw  Secretary  Navy 1843-1844
^
Envoy Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary
 Court St. James. He
 1849  ^^^^ ^^^
 
. In May  1867
 Prussia. In 1868
  North German Confederation
 18 71  \^- German
Empire. He
1874. In 1891 Washington 
  - .
Thomas Babington Macaulay 


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For 1857 1869
Hartford  Conn.
  . Under
Buchanan  Isaac Toucey
 Hartford . He  Newtown
Fairfield County  Conn.  November
1790 
. He  .
He  State State'
Hartford County
 Governor. In 1845  ^846  1847 ^^
  Governor
  . In
1846 
Toucey  Governor  Legislature.
In 1848-49 Attorney-
General  United States
  Acting Secretarv State. After
66o
  . The Secretary
-  Navy
 United States Su- President Buchanan 
 Court. In 1846 Toucey
 Trinity Col- 
  HartfordSouth. To Northerners
  . On Republicans  Toucey
1869 Penhis
. He " - 

 -  Confederacy. He
. He  -
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 . His Toucey
  . He  Constitutional

Episcopal Church. In 
  On March 5  1861  Toucey Sucand
  -  Gideon Welles  Hartford .
His - . Welles
  New England
  - ."  -
Toucey' 
. The
  .  Gustavus V. Fox  Law-
During 1857-59 - Mass.  William Eaxon  Hartwere
  . Among .
  Hartjord  Farragut' - The  Secretary Welles 1861
 New Orleans  Brooklyn  Lan- 1865 
 Richmond. Toucey' -
For 
  House Representa- Lincoln
 . The  -  .
 John Sherman  Ohio. It Many
 - ; 
. The  -

 New York -  . The
 
 . The 
  Secretary . Officers 
Navy. The  Ut-
  . From 1861 1865 
 -  90 670; 
. 1 300 6 700; 
During Toucey' - 7 500 51 500. The
  1860-61  $12 000 000 $123 -
 . In January  1861  000 000. With Welles 
Florida State - 
  Union
 Pensacola -  -  . He
  . The 
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 . He Gideon Welles 
  . Moreover  Toucey  Connecticut. The
 State  Thomas
NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAV\^ 66i
Welles 
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Governor  . Gideon
  Episcopal Academy
Cheshire  Conn. Norwich University.
He
-
Clothing  Navy Department 
Washington.
In Welles
Jacksonian Democrat. His -
 Republican
1856
  Governor Connecticut.
Geurge Bancroft  Secretary  Navy 184o-184.6
  Hartford Times. He
  1837. From 1827
1835  Connecticut
Legislature. For  Welles
' State Comptroller PubHc
Accounts. For
 Hartford. From 1846 1849 ^^
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He  Hartford
Evening Press  Republican
 State. For  Welles
  Republican National
Committee. He Republican
National Conventions 1856
860
 Connecticut . During
662
NEW ENGL.\ND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 663
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Whigs  Democrats  Free Soilers. The 
Whig
 Lincoln' . With- ;
 Cabinet-
Welles  Secretary State  William  ."
H. Seward. In December  860  Thurlow Welles 
WeedWhigs  -  - 
New York Lincoln -. It
 Welles 
Weed  President
  Wash-
  New York
Philadelphia  Baltimore  - . Rather
 

 
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 - 
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. "Oh " Mr. Lincoln . His
". While
Secretary
 Navy." 
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. When  Cabinet
 - . Secretary State  -
Seward Secretary War Cameron ;
  Secretary  Navy . Could
 Attorney-General BatesSecretary
 . Among Navy
 
  -
" Father Welles " " Old Man .
Sea." Mr. Charles A. Dana To
  Secretary War Edwin  Welles  .
M. StantonHe 
 Lincoln' - 
. "Welles  -  " His '
Dana . "He 

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 -
I Governor Andrew  Massa-Guschusetts
 War V. Fox President
Department  Lincoln Welles'  Navy
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Secretary  Navy.' In  - At Fox
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  . There  - Essex County  Mass. His 
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Mediterranean  East Indian  Paciiic  Brazil
 African . He
 Mexican War.
For  Coast
Survey. In 1853 1854
 New York
 Isthmus Panama
 . In
July  1856 
 
  ""
Bay State Woolen Mills  Lawrence
IMass. Early 186 1  Washington
  Fort Sumter
 April President Lincoln
 . In 
 

 President
 .
These 
 
  Lincoln
 . On May 9  1861 
 Navy Department
 July 31 ^
 Assistant Secretary  Navy 
- .
Fox' 
 .
His

 . He 
 
 . On
New
England 
 
  ; 
  ;
 .
In
  . Fox 
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. He 
 .
Fox  .
No
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He
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 Lincoln' Postmaster-General
Montgomery Blair Francis
P. Blair 
National Convention 860. During
 Blairs 
. Few
 1861
 Washington
^  Gustavvis V. Fox
 
  .
The New England
 Navy Department
 Civil War William
Faxon. He 
March  186 1  '
 July 31  Fox
  . He
 June 1866
Fox Assistant Secretary
Navy. Faxon  Welles
 Hartford. For
  Welles 
 Hartford Evening
Press. During
 .
He 
  ' 
 .
Fox'
 Dec. 1866. His 
  . On May 16  1866
Congress
 Emperor Russia 
  . President
Johnson Fox 
 Russian ;
 

 . On
June I Faxon
 Fox .
In June  1866
St. Johns  Newfoundland Miantonomoh
 American 
 Atlantic; Cronstadt.
Fox

 
 St. Petersburg Moscow
 Russian . This
 Fox'
  Navy Department.
Welles Faxon 
  Johnson'
Gideon Welles  Secretary  Navy 1861-1869
. Welles' 

 Secretary  Navy. Welles'

1868 

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Navy Department  ."
President Arthur' 
William E. Chandler  New Hampshire.
In 1855 Chandler 
Harvard Law School 
 Vermont. Returning
 State 1861  1863 
1864  New Hampshire House
 Representatives. In November  1864
 Navy Department
  Philadelphia -
 March 9  1865
 -
Solicitor Judge-Advocate-General
Navy. He
 First Assistant Secretary
Treasury. In Republican
 
. He Republican
National Conventions 1868 1880
  Republican National
Committee 1868 1876. From 1887
 1901  New Hampshire
 United States Senate. In March

 Spanish Treaty Claims Commission.
During Chandler'
 New Navy
 Dolphin  Chicago  Atlanta
 Boston;  Greely Relief
Expedition  . The
  Commander W. S.
Schley  Greely

Lady Franklin Bay 
 . Chandler

 
 . Among
 Navy Department
 Lighthouse Service  Coast
Survey Revenue Marine Service.
He 
 
 . He 

 

  . As
 Chandler 
 .
His 
 Arthur March
1885.
For
 Secretary  Navy John D.
Long  Hingham  Mass. Entering
 March  1897 
 President McKinley'

 President Roosevelt. McKinley
 Long  New England
 Cabinet. Long Buckfield
Me.
 Harvard. He
 Massachusetts
Legislature  Governor  State
 Congress.
Secretary Long 
  . He

 . He  New Englander'
 
. He
 ^
  - ; 

 1902 
"New American Navy." His
 ;  New England

 "Governor Long "
  . His
 ;
 .
He
 .
He
 
  . His
  -


  -
 State Department John Hay. In
 
  " Mr. William Shortley 
 Billy Shortlegs "
 Mr. Long. Shortley "
 - . He
 
  ."
Long' 
 Secretary
Gideon Welles. Its 
  Spain
668
Academy $10 000 000 ;
 General Board

  Admiral Dewey.
The Naval Personnel Act 1899

 
 Civil War. Its 

&.
The New Englander 
  W. H. Moody
 Haverhill  Mass.  He Secretary
Long May 1902. He
 Harvard 1876
 R. H. Dana  Boston. After
 1878 
 Haverhill. He
  Congress 1895
 1902. His & 
  President Roosevelt
 Cabinet . His
 .
  . He
 July 1904 
Attorney-General. Recently 
  Supreme Bench. In

Secretaries  Navy Thompson
Woodbury 
Supreme Court.
Of  Asssistant Secretaries
Navy New Englanders.
This 1861 
 1869  - 1890. From
1861 1869
  G. V. Fox William Faxon
 New Englanders . In
1890 James Russell Soley  Massachusetts
  . In
May  1898  Charles H. Allen  Massachusetts
  . The
 New Englanders Long Allen
 Spanish-American War
  Welles Fox
 Civil War. The 
 Allen Frank W. Hackett 
 Portsmouth  N. H.  Judge
Charles H. Darling  Vermont.

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