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Gideon Welles

Personal data
Date of birthJuly 1, 1802
Place of birthGlastonbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of deathFebruary 11, 1878(age 75)
Place of deathHartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocrat, Republican
SpouseMary Jane Hale
ChildrenEdgar Thaddeus Welles
Thomas Glastonbury Welles
John Arthur Welles
Herbert Welles
Samuel Welles
Edward Gideon Welles
Anna Jane Welles
Mary Juanita Welles
Alma materMilitary Academy at Norwich, Vermont
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Writer, Journalist
24th United States Secretary of the Navy
In officeMarch 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869
Succeeded byAdolph E. Borie
Preceded byIsaac Toucey

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Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 - February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869. His buildup of the Navy to successfully execute blockades of Southern ports was a key component of Northern victory of the Civil War. Welles was also instrumental in the Navy's creation of the Medal of Honor.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Isaac Toucey		United States Secretary of the Navy
March 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869		Succeeded by
Adolph E. Borie

United States Department of the Navy leadership

Secretaries
Cabinet LevelStoddert * Smith * Hamilton * Jones * Crowninshield * S Thompson * Southard * Branch * L. Woodbury * Dickerson * Paulding * Badger * Upshur * Henshaw * Gilmer * Mason * Bancroft * Mason * Preston * Graham * Kennedy * Dobbin * Toucey * Welles * Borie * Robeson * R Thompson * Goff * Hunt * Chandler * Whitney * Tracy * Herbert * Long * Moody * Morton * Bonaparte * Metcalf * Newberry * Meyer * Daniels * Denby * Wilbur * Adams * Swanson * Edison * Knox * Forrestal
Dept. of DefenseSullivan * Matthews * Kimball * Anderson * Thomas * T. Gates * Franke * Connally * Korth * Nitze * Ignatius * Chafee * Warner * Middendorf * Claytor * Hidalgo * Lehman * Webb * Ball * Garrett * O'Keefe * Dalton * Danzig * England * Winter * Mabus
Under
Secretaries
Forrestal * Bard * A. Gates * Sullivan * Kenney * Kimball * Whitehair * Thomas * T. Gates * Franke * Bantz * Fay * BeLieu * Baldwin * Baird * Warner * Sanders * Middendorf * Potter * Macdonald * Woolsey * Murray * Goodrich * Garrett * Howard * Danzig * Hultin * Pirie * Livingstone * Aviles * Work
Assistant
Secretaries
Pre-1954Fox * Faxon * Soley * McAdoo * T. Roosevelt Sr. * Allen * Hackett * Darling * Newberry * Satterlee * Winthrop * F. Roosevelt * G. Woodbury * T. Roosevelt Jr. * Robinson * Jahncke * H. Roosevelt * Edison * Compton * Bard * Hensel * Kenney * Andrews * Koehler * Askins * Fogler
Post-1954Financial Management and Comptroller * Installations and Environment * Manpower and Reserve Affairs * Research, Development and Acquisitions * General Counsel of the Navy * defunct: (Air * Installations and Logistics * Material * Research and Development * Research, Engineering and Systems * Shipbuilding and Logistics)

Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln (1861 �1865)

Vice PresidentHannibal Hamlin (1861 �1865) * Andrew Johnson (1865)
Secretary of StateWilliam H. Seward (1861 �1865)
Secretary of the TreasurySalmon P. Chase (1861 �1864) * William P. Fessenden (1864 �1865) * Hugh McCulloch (1865)
Secretary of WarSimon Cameron (1861 �1862) * Edwin M. Stanton (1862 �1865)
Attorney GeneralEdward Bates (1861 �1864) * James Speed (1864 �1865)
Postmaster GeneralMontgomery Blair (1861 �1864) * William Dennison (1864 �1865)
Secretary of the NavyGideon Welles (1861 �1865)
Secretary of the InteriorCaleb Blood Smith (1861 �1862) * John Palmer Usher (1863 �1865)

The Battle of Hampton Roads

PeopleGideon Welles * Franklin Buchanan * Catesby ap Roger Jones * Gustavus Fox * Stephen Mallory * French Forrest * John Ericsson * John Lorimer Worden
ShipsUSS Congress * USS Cumberland * USS Zouave * CSS Virginia * USS Merrimack * USS Roanoke * USS Minnesota * USS Monitor * USS St. Lawrence * CSS Beaufort * CSS Raleigh * CSS Patrick Henry * CSS Jamestown
PlacesHampton Roads * Tidewater * James River * Elizabeth River * Norfolk * Fort Monroe



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