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John Davis Long, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1915)

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John Davis Long

Massachusetts governor and Congressman; Secretary of the Navy (1838–1915)

John Davis Long was an American lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was the 32nd governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1880 to 1883. He later served as the Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902, a period that included the primarily naval Spanish–American…
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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.
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