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William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1841)
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William Collins Whitney
American politician (1841–1904)
William Collins Whitney was an American political leader and financier and a prominent member of the Whitney family. He served as Secretary of the Navy in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland from 1885 through 1889. A conservative reformer, he was considered a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Secretary of the Navy
Statutory office and the head of the U.S. Department of the Navy
The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On March 25, 2025, John Phelan was confirmed as Secretary of the Navy.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)