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Gideon Welles

American government official; United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 (1802–1878)

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Gideon Welles was an American government official who was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. Although opposed to the Union blockade of Southern ports, he duly carried out his part of the Anaconda Plan, largely sealing off the Confederate coastline and preventing the exchange of cotton for war supplies. This is viewed as a major cause of Union victory in the Civil War, and his achievement in expanding the Navy almost tenfold was widely praised. Welles was also instrumental in the Navy's creation of the Medal of Honor. Lincoln nicknamed him his "Neptune".

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: journalist, lawyer, politician, editor
Position held: Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, United States Secretary of the Navy
Citizenship: United States
Born: July 1, 1802
Died: February 11, 1878

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