biography
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| (1838–1915)
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| biography:
| US governor and secretary of the navy, born in Buckfield, Maine, USA. He was governor of Massachusetts (1880–2) and a US representative (Republican, Massachusetts, 1883–9). As secretary of the navy (1897–1902) he worked closely with President McKinley, and was partly responsible for the navy's sterling performance during the Spanish-American War. |
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