List of USA Secretaries of Navy (46)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
President John Adams Jr.	30 OCT 1735	1775-1779	MA, Norfolk Co, Quincy
Robert Morris Jr	01/31/1734	1781-1784	England, Lancashire, Liverpool
Ebenezer Hazard	15 JAN 1744	1790-1800	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
Benjamin Stoddert	1751	1798-1801	MD, Charles Co
Robert Smith	3 NOV 1757	1801-1809	PA, Lancaster Co, Lancaster
Paul Hamilton	16 OCT 1762	1809-1813	SC, Charleston Co, St Pauls
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield	27 DEC 1772	1815-1818	MA, Essex Co, Salem
Smith Thompson	17 JAN 1768	1819-1823	NY, Dutchess Co
Commodore John Rodgers	11 JUL 1772	1823-1823	MD, Harford Co, Havre de Grace
Samuel L. Southard	9 JUN 1787	1823-1829	NJ, Somerset Co, Basking Ridge
John Branch	4 NOV 1782	1829-1831	NC, Halifax Co
Levi Woodbury	22 DEC 1789	1831-1834	NH, Hillsborough Co, Francestown
Mahlon Dickerson	17 APR 1770	1834-1838	NJ, Morris Co, Hanover
James Kirke Paulding	22 AUG 1778	1838-1841	NY, Dutchess Co, Pleasant Valley
George Edmund Badger	17 APR 1795	1841-1841	NC, Craven Co, New Bern
Abel Parker Upshur	17 JUN 1790	1841-1843	VA, Northampton Co
Thomas Walker Gilmer	5 APR 1802	1844-1844	VA, Albemarle Co
John Young Mason	18 APR 1799	1844-1845	VA, Greensville Co, Hicksford
George Bancroft	3 OCT 1800	1845-1846	MA, Worcester Co, Worcester
John Young Mason	18 APR 1799	1846-1849	VA, Greensville Co, Hicksford
William Ballard Preston	25 NOV 1805	1849-1850	VA, Montgomery Co
Gov. William Alexander Graham	5 SEP 1804	1850-1852	NC, Lincoln Co
John Pendleton Kennedy	25 OCT 1795	1852-1853	MD, Baltimore City
Gideon Welles	1 JUL 1802	1861-1865	CT, Hartford Co, Glastonbury
Adolph Edward Borie	25 NOV 1809	1869	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
Nathan Goff	9 FEB 1843	1881	VA, Harrison Co, Clarksburg
William Henry Hunt	12 JUN 1823	1881-1882	SC, Charleston Co, Charleston
William Eaton Chandler	28 DEC 1835	1882-1885	NH, Merrimack Co, Concord
William Collins Whitney	5 JUL 1841	1885-1889	MA, Franklin Co, Conway
Benjamin Franklin Tracy	26 APR 1830	1889-1893	NY, Tioga Co, Owego
Hilary Abner Herbert	12 MAR 1834	1893-1897	SC, Laurens Co, Laurens
Gov. John Davis Long	27 OCT 1838	1897-1902	ME, Oxford Co, Buckfield
William Henry Moody	23 DEC 1853	1902-1904	MA, Essex Co, Newbury
Paul Morton	22 MAY 1857	1904-1905	MI, Wayne Co, Detroit
Charles Joseph Bonaparte	9 JUN 1851	1905-1906	MD, Baltimore City
Truman Handy Newberry	5 NOV 1864	1908-1909	MI, Wayne Co, Detroit
George Von Lengerke Meyer	22 JUN 1858	1909-1913	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Edwin Denby	18 FEB 1870	1921-1924	IN, Vanderburgh Co, Evansville
Theodore Roosevelt III	13 SEP 1887	1924-1924	NY, Nassau Co, Cove Neck
Charles Francis Adams III	2 AUG 1866	1929-1933	MA, Norfolk Co, Quincy
Claude Augustus Swanson	31 MAR 1862	1933-1939	VA, Pittsylvania Co, Swansonville
Charles Edison	3 AUG 1890	1940-1940	NJ, Essex Co, West Orange
James Forrestal	15 FEB 1892	1944-1947	NY, Dutchess Co, Beacon
Paul Henry Nitze	16 JAN 1907	1963-1967	MA, Hampshire Co, Amherst
John Lester Hubbard Chafee	22 OCT 1922	1969-1972	RI, Providence Co, Providence
John William Warner III	18 FEB 1927	1972-1974	DC, Washington