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This Day in Boston History
December 19th, 1814
Benjamin W. Crowinshield, Sr.
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On this day
in Boston history, Benjamin W. Crowinshield was named by James Madison
to be the fifth U.S. secretary of the Navy.
He managed the transition to a peacetime navy following the War of 1812,
and oversaw strategy for the brief and very successful war with Algiers
in 1815.
After leaving Navy office, Crowninshield returned to business and political
affairs in Massachusetts, prospering in both. In addition to serving two
more terms in the Massachusetts House, he was also elected to four terms
the United States Congress during the 1820s.
Crowinshield's son, also Ben, would attend Harvard University with HH
Richardson, and assist him by providing several of his early commissions.
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