Benjamin Williams Crowninshield information

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27, 1772 – February 3, 1851) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during...

of Thomas Jefferson. The Crowninshields were particularly praised for their naval leadership. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was United States Secretary...

USS Crowninshield (DD–134) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy between World War I and World War II. She was named for Benjamin Williams...

which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in...

National Society of Mural Painters Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851), 5th U.S. Secretary of Navy Frank Crowninshield (1872–1947), creator and editor...

John Adams. His mother Fanny Crowninshield was the granddaughter of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield. Adams was also the third...

but did not declare war against Algiers. Madison had chosen Benjamin Williams Crowninshield as the new Secretary of the Navy, replacing William Jones....

Francis Welch Crowninshield (June 24, 1872 – December 28, 1947) was an American journalist and art and theater critic best known for developing and editing...

continued to serve as Treasury Secretary. Monroe also chose to retain Benjamin Crowninshield of Massachusetts as Secretary of the Navy and Richard Rush of Pennsylvania...

several failures, replacing him with Monroe. Richard Rush, Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, and Dallas also joined the cabinet in 1814, and for the first...

Constance Crowninshield Coolidge (January 4, 1892 – April 30, 1973), was a Boston Brahmin (a member of Boston's upper society), socialite, heiress and...

Creeley (1926–2005), poet Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851), statesman, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Crowninshield (1872–1947), creator and...

grandfather, Benjamin Crowninshield had served as Secretary of the Navy under Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. Crowninshield entered Harvard...

Governor John Crownshield (1649–1699) and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851). Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), American neurosurgeon...

February 1 – Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797) February 3 – Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Congressman from Massachusetts, secretary of U.S. Navy (b...

then being a part of Massachusetts. A grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin; John Adams appointed Williams a major in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers...

Corps Headquarters, two days after notifying Navy Secretary Benjamin Williams Crowninshield of Wharton's death, considering himself well suited for the...

powerful Crowninshield family. Fanny was the granddaughter of former United States Secretary of the Navy under presidents Madison and Monroe, Benjamin Williams...

U.S. senator, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war 1861–1862 Benjamin Williams Crowninshield – 5th United States Secretary of Navy (1815–1818), and member...

Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) was an American artist and author. Crowninshield was born in Boston on November 27, 1845, into the Crowninshield family...

Historic Landmark. William Eustis was born on June 10, 1753, in Cambridge, to Benjamin Eustis, a prominent Boston doctor, and Elizabeth (Hill) Eustis. He was...

William Crowninshield Endicott (November 19, 1826 – May 6, 1900) was an American politician and Secretary of War in the first administration of President...