Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1856, Dec. 8 | Born, Burlington, Vt. |
| 1876 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1879-1889 | Chief, hydrographic office branch, Port Townsend, Washington Territory |
| 1881 | Married Caroline Wing |
| 1883 | Served in the Greely Relief Expedition aboard the gunboat Yantic |
| 1895-1898 | Carried out first hydrographic survey of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| 1899 | Promoted to lieutenant commander |
| 1907-1908 | Commanded the cruiser Albany in Central American waters |
| 1908 | Promoted to captain |
| 1911 | Commandant, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif. |
| 1913 | Promoted to rear admiral Commanded fourth division of Atlantic Fleet |
| 1914 | Instigated military crisis by demanding apology and gun salute from President Victoriano Huerta after arrest of American marines, Tampico, Mexico |
| 1915 | Promoted to vice admiral |
| 1916 | Promoted to admiral and commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet |
| 1917 | Represented United States at naval conference of allied nations |
| 1918 | Inspector of United States naval activities in Great Britain, France, and Italy |
| 1920 | Retired from navy |
| 1924-1928 | Governor, United States Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1937, Feb. 23 | Died, Portsmouth, N.H. |