David Henshaw
Former United States Secretary of the Navy
David Henshaw, son of Captain David Henshaw and Mary Sargent, was the 14th United States Secretary of the Navy.
Henshaw was born in Leicester, Massachusetts in 1791 and educated at Leicester Academy. Wikipedia
Born: April 2, 1791, Leicester, MA
Died: November 11, 1852 (age 61 years), Leicester, MA
Previous offices: United States Secretary of the Navy (1843–1844) and Massachusetts State Senator (1826–1827)
Great-grandparents: Jonathan Sargent, Joshua Henshaw, II, and Joseph Bass
Grandparents: Daniel Henshaw, Elizabeth Bass Henshaw, and Nathan Sergeant
Books: Letters from David Henshaw to the Boston Morning Post: On the Western Rail-road and the Greatly Beneficial Effects of Internal Improvement, Remarks Upon the Bank of the United States: Being an Examination of the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, Made to Congress, April, 1830, Remarks Upon the Rights and Powers of Corporations, and of the Rights, Powers, and Duties of the Legislature Toward Them: Embracing a Review of the Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, Given in 1819, and more
Party: Democratic Party