OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield

BORN:
December 27, 1772,
Salem, Massachusetts

DIED:
February 3, 1851 (age 78),
Boston, Massachusetts

POLITICAL PARTIES:
Adams-Clay Republican
Adams
Anti-Jacksonian

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1811:
Member of the Mass. State House of Representatives
1812:
Mass. State Senator 
1815-1818:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1821:
Member of the Mass. State House of Representatives
1823-1831:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives 
1830:
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives
1833:
Member of the Mass. State House of Representatives

SOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Navy
Wikipedia

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