U.S. Presidential Cabinet Member, U.S. Congressman. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, was a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1811 and served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1812. In 1814, President Madison appointed him the 5th Secretary of the Navy and he was reappointed by President Monroe Secretary of the Navy, serving until 1818. While in office his administrative system built several U.S. Navy ships and he also oversaw the Navy strategy policy for the 2nd Barbary War in 1815. After leaving the Cabinet, he was again a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1821, was elected as a Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, serving (1823-31). After his term, he was again a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, in 1833. He then resumed his former business pursuits until his death at age 78.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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George Crowninshield
1734–1815
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Mary Derby Crowninshield
1737–1813
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Mary Boardman Crowninshield
1778–1840 (m. 1804)
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George Crowninshield
1766–1817
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Jacob Crowninshield
1770–1808
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Mary Crowninshield Silsbee
1778–1835
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Sarah Crowninshield Rice
1784–1847
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Mary C. Crowninshield Mifflin
1806–1893
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Francis Boardman Crowninshield
1809–1877
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George Caspar Crowninshield
1812–1857
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Annie Casper Crowninshield Warren
1815–1905
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Edward Augustus Crowninshield
1817–1859
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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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