Gideon Welles.
SECNAV is an acronym for Secretary of the Navy
William H. Seward
Charles Thomas - Secretary of the Navy - was born in 1897.
Charles Thomas - Secretary of the Navy - died in 1983.
The Secretary of Defense. Hope that this helped.
He never was in the military. He served as secretary of the Navy.
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John Hay was Lincoln's assistant secretary. In other words, John Hay was employed as the secretary to John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's secretary.
As I understand the US Military system the heads of Army, Navy, and Air Force are appointed by the Secretary of Army, Secretary of Navy and Secretary of Air Force.
President Lincoln spent all of his first term and his second term trying to end the US Civil War as quickly as possible. His most trusted friends in government were the members of his cabinet. These were Postal Secretary Montgomery Blair, Attorney General Edward Bates, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Secretary of State, William Seward, Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, and Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase.
The Secretary of the Navy, Raymond Edwin Mabus (born October 11, 1948) is 75th United States Secretary of the Navy. Mabus served as Governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Ray Mabus has been the Secretary of the Navy since 18 June 2009.
As I understand the US Military system the heads of Army, Navy, and Air Force are appointed by the Secretary of Army, Secretary of Navy and Secretary of Air Force.