Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1855, Sept. 25 | Born, Macon, Bibb County, Ga. |
| 1877 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1877-1888 | Duty in Hartford (sloop), Constitution (frigate), and Yantic (gunboat) |
| 1879 | Married Mary Augusta Wyse |
| 1888-1889 | Duty in Dolphin (despatch boat) |
| 1890-1893 | Duty at the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Lighthouse Survey, and as instructor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1893 | Promoted to lieutenant |
| 1896-1898 | Instructor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1901-1903 | Assistant to the commandant of midshipmen, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1905 | Promoted to commander |
| 1907-1908 | Commandant of midshipmen, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1908-1910 | Commanded Albany (cruiser), Pacific Fleet, and chief of staff of the fleet |
| 1909 | Promoted to captain |
| 1910-1913 | Commanded Utah (battleship), flagship of the Atlantic Fleet |
| 1913-1915 | Commandant, United States Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1915 | Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1915-1919 | Chief of naval operations |
| 1916 | Promoted to admiral |
| 1917 | Member, House Mission; appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to confer with Allied and Associated Powers in Europe |
| 1918-1919 | Member of special mission abroad; naval representative in drawing up naval terms of armistice with Central Powers; naval adviser to American Commission to Negotiate Peace |
| 1919 | Retired from United States Navy |
| 1920-1921 | Chairman, United States Shipping Board |
| 1921-1925 | President, National Council of Catholic Men |
| 1921-1928 | Commissioner, United States Shipping Board |
| 1923 | Published The Merchant Marine. New York: Macmillan |
| 1932, May 20 | Died, Washington, D.C. |