Categories: 1912 births | 1995 deaths | United States Secretaries of the Navy | Hispanic American politicians | United States Navy personnel stubs William Graham Claytor Jr. ... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John F. Lehman, Jr. ... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ... Source: http://www. ... Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ... Benjamin Stoddert (1751-1813) was the first United States Secretary of the Navy from May 1, 1798 to March 31, 1801. ... Robert Smith (November 3, 1757–November 26, 1842) was the second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811. ... U.S. Navy collection portrait of Paul Hamilton. ... Navy collection image of Jones William Jones (1760–September 6, 1831) was an American politician. ... Navy collection image of Crowninshield Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27, 1772–February 3, 1851) served as the fifth United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. ... Smith Thompson (January 17, 1768 - December 18, 1843) was a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1823 until his death in 1843. ... U.S. Navy collection portrait of Samuel Southard Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) (son of Henry Southard and brother of Isaac Southard) was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 1800s, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New Jersey. ... Levi Woodbury (December 22, 1789–September 4, 1851) was the first justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to have attended law school. ... U.S. Navy collection portrait of Mahlon Dickerson Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770–October 5, 1853) was an American judge and politician. ... James Kirke Paulding James Kirke Paulding (22 August 1779–6 April 1860) was a novelist and the United States Secretary of the Navy. ... George Edmund Badger (1795 - 1866) was a Whig U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina. ... Portrait of U.S. Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur Abel Parker Upshur (June 17, 1790–February 28, 1844) was an American lawyer and statesman. ... David Henshaw (1791-1852) was the 14th United States Secretary of the Navy. ... Thomas Walker Gilmer (April 6, 1802–February 28, 1844) was an American statesman. ... John Young Mason (April 18, 1799–October 3, 1859) was an American politician and diplomat. ... George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman. ... John Young Mason (April 18, 1799–October 3, 1859) was an American politician and diplomat. ... William Ballard Preston (November 25, 1805–16 November 1862) was a U.S. political figure. ... William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804–August 11, 1875) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843 and Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849. ... John Pendleton Kennedy (October 25, 1795–August 18, 1870) served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852 to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore. ... James Cochrane Dobbin (1814-1857) was a United States political figure. ... Isaac Toucey (November 15, 1792–July 30, 1869) was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General of the United States and Governor of Connecticut. ... Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802–February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, including the entire duration of the American Civil War: his dedication to naval blockades was one of the key reasons for the Norths victory over the South. ... Adolph Edward Borie (1809-1880) was a United States politician who briefly served (1869) as Secretary of the Navy in the Grant administration. ... George Maxwell Robeson (1829–1897) was a New Jersey lawyer and politician who served as a Union general during the Civil War, and then as Secretary of the Navy during the Grant administration. ... Richard Wigginton Thompson (8 June 1809 - 9 February 1900) was an American politician. ... Nathan Goff, Jr. ... William Henry Hunt (12 June 1823 – February 1884) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President James Garfield. ... William Eaton Chandler (28 December 1835–30 November 1917) was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a Senator from New Hampshire. ... William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841–February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and founder of the prominent Whitney family. ... Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) was a United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from March 6, 1889 - March 4, 1893, during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison. ... Hilary Abner Herbert was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland. ... John Davis Long (October 27, 1838–August 28, 1915) was a U.S. political figure. ... William Henry Moody (23 December 1853–1917) was an American politician and jurist, who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States. ... Paul Morton (1857 - 1911) was a U.S. businessman. ... Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851–June 28, 1921) was a grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte (the youngest brother of the French emperor Napoleon I), and a member of the United States Cabinet. ... Victor Howard Metcalf (October 10, 1853–February 20, 1936) was an American politician. ... Truman Handy Newberry (November 5, 1864–October 3, 1945) was a U.S. businessman and political figure. ... George von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918) George von Lengerke Meyer (June 24, 1858 – March 9, 1918) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from 1909-1913, during the administration of President William Howard Taft. ... Josephus Daniels Josephus Daniels (18 May 1862–15 January 1948) was an American politician and newspaper publisher from North Carolina, who served as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. A native of Washington, North Carolina, Daniels owned and managed several newspapers before purchasing the Raleigh News and Observer... Edwin Denby Edwin C. Denby (b. ... The 43rd Secretary of the Navy, Curtis Dwight Wilbur, (10 May 1867–8 September 1954) was born in Boonesboro, Iowa. ... Charles Francis Adams III (2 August 1866–June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman. ... Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862–July 7, 1939) was an American politician. ... Frank Knox William Franklin Frank Knox (January 1, 1874–April 28, 1944) was the Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936. ... James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was a Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... John L. Sullivan (June 16, 1899–August 8, 1982), Served in the United States Navy and was the first Department of Defense Secretary of the Navy in the Truman Administration. ... Francis Patrick Matthews (March 15, 1887–October 18, 1952) served as 49th U.S. Secretary of the Navy, during the administration of President Harry Truman. ... U.S. Navy collection portrait Dan Able Kimball (1896-1970) was the 50th U.S. Secretary of the Navy. ... Robert Bernard Anderson Andersons signature, as used on American currency Robert Bernard Anderson (June 4, 1910–August 14, 1989) was a U.S. administrator and businessman. ... ... Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr. ... ... John Connally, Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Treasury Connallys signature, as used on American currency John Bowden Connally, Jr. ... Fred Korth was president of the Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas. ... Paul Henry Nitze (January 16, 1907 – October 19, 2004) was a high-ranking United States government official who helped shape Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations. ... Paul Robert Ignatius (born Poghos Ignatosian on November 11,1920) was a U.S. administrator of Armenian descent. ... John Lester Hubbard Chafee (October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician. ... John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American statesman and politician, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972-1974 and has served as a Republican senator from Virginia since 1979. ... John William Middendorf II (born September 22, 1924) was a Republican United States diplomat. ... William Graham Claytor Jr. ... John F. Lehman, Jr. ... For the Canadian politician, see Jim Webb (Canada). ... William L. Ball III held senior posts in the Reagan Administration, beginning as an Assistant Secretary of State under George Shultz in 1985. ... Sean OKeefe Sean OKeefe (born January 27, 1956) was the 10th Administrator of NASA, leading the space agency from December 2001 to February 2005. ... John Howard Dalton John Howard Dalton (born 1941) is a U.S. administrator and banker. ... Richard Danzig was the 71st Secretary of the United States Navy, serving under President Bill Clinton. ... Gordon England Gordon Richard England (born 1938) is an American businessman who serves as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. ... Donald C. Winter is the current Secretary of the Navy. ...