biography
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| (1757–1842)
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| biography:
| Secretary of the navy and secretary of state, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He served as Thomas Jefferson's secretary of the navy (1801–9), and maintained a blockading squadron against the Barbary pirates with very limited funds. He was secretary of state (1809–11), but he feuded with President James Madison and was forced to resign. |
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