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    Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27, 1772 – February 3, 1851) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during...
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    of Thomas Jefferson. The Crowninshields were particularly praised for their naval leadership. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was United States Secretary...
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    the Boston Brahmin Crowninshield family, Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was born in Boston, the son of Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1809–1877) and Sarah...
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    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...
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    which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in...
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    National Society of Mural Painters Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851), 5th U.S. Secretary of Navy Frank Crowninshield (1872–1947), creator and editor...
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    Cleopatra's Barge, first yacht to cross the Atlantic) and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, United States Secretary of the Navy from 1815 to 1818. Some...
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    Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1837–1892) and his mother was Katherine May Bradlee (1844–1902). His younger brother Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1869–1950)...
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    Charles Francis Adams III (category Crowninshield family)
    John Adams. His mother Fanny Crowninshield was the granddaughter of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield. Adams was also the third...
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    but did not declare war against Algiers. Madison had chosen Benjamin Williams Crowninshield as the new Secretary of the Navy, replacing William Jones....
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    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...
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    Francis Welch Crowninshield (June 24, 1872 – December 28, 1947) was an American journalist and art and theater critic best known for developing and editing...
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    Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield (August 3, 1877 – July 11, 1958) was an American heiress, historic preservationist, and philanthropist. She was the...
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    George C. Adams (category Crowninshield family)
    also a granddaughter of United States Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield under presidents James Madison and James Monroe. Adams attended...
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    several failures, replacing him with Monroe. Richard Rush, Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, and Dallas also joined the cabinet in 1814, and for the first...
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  • February 1 – Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797) February 3 – Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Congressman from Massachusetts, secretary of U.S. Navy (b...
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    pleasure craft to sail across the Atlantic. The owner's brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was United States Secretary of the Navy, so provided letters...
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  • Creeley (1926–2005), poet Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851), statesman, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Crowninshield (1872–1947), creator and...
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    Constance Crowninshield Coolidge (January 4, 1892 – April 30, 1973), was a Boston Brahmin (a member of Boston's upper society), socialite, heiress and...
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    Governor John Crownshield (1649–1699) and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851). Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), American neurosurgeon...
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  • Spangler Kaufman, Congressman from Texas (born 1813) February 3 – Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Congressman from Massachusetts, secretary of U.S. Navy (born...
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    grandfather, Benjamin Crowninshield had served as Secretary of the Navy under Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. Crowninshield entered Harvard...
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    then being a part of Massachusetts. A grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin; John Adams appointed Williams a major in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers...
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    Ben Bradlee Jr. (category Crowninshield family)
    Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Jr. (born August 7, 1948) is an American journalist and writer. He was a reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for 25...
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    John Quincy Adams II (category Crowninshield family)
    powerful Crowninshield family. Fanny was the granddaughter of former United States Secretary of the Navy under presidents Madison and Monroe, Benjamin Williams...
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  • U.S. senator, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war 1861–1862 Benjamin Williams Crowninshield – 5th United States Secretary of Navy (1815–1818), and member...
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  • Pennsylvania 1947–49. Son of William E. Crow. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy Jacob Crowninshield, his brother, representative from Massachusetts...
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    Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) was an American artist and author. Crowninshield was born in Boston on November 27, 1845, into the Crowninshield family...
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    William Crowninshield Endicott (November 19, 1826 – May 6, 1900) was an American politician and Secretary of War in the first administration of President...
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    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...
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