biography
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Tracy, Benjamin F(ranklin)
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| lived:
| (1830–1915)
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| biography:
| Public official, born near Owego, New York, USA. He became a brevet brigadier-general in the Civil War and was a US attorney for New York (1866–73). As secretary of the navy (1889–93), he instituted administrative reforms and began building a powerful modern navy. |
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