Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy was the fifth Cabinet position created, the Secretaries of the Navy are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the Senate.
As of current there has been 2 Secretaries of the Navy; 1 Independent and 1 Constitutional Democratic. 
The most time served as Secretary of the Navy was by Henry Hartwell, who served for a total of 505 days in office.
==Secretaries of the Navy Firsts==
#First Secretary of the Navy was Henry Hartwell.
#The longest-serving Secretary of the Navy was Henry Hartwell at 505 days.
#The shortest-serving Secretary of the Navy was Henry Hartwell at 505 days.
==List of Secretaries of the Navy==
United States Secretaries of the Navy
Presidency	Presidency	Secretary of the Navy	Secretary of the Navy	Prior office 	Party	Party 	Year(s)	President
1 	February 2, 1799
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July 21, 1800	 	
===Henry Hartwell===	Admiral 	 	Independent 	1 1/2 	John Adams
2 	July 30, 1800
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March 4, 1803	 	
===Amo Gus=== 	Representative from New York 	 	Constitutional Democratic	3 	John Adams
2 	July 30, 1800
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March 4, 1803	 	
===Amo Gus=== 	Representative from New York 	 	Constitutional Democratic	3 	John Adams
2 	July 30, 1800
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March 4, 1803	 	
===Amo Gus=== 	Representative from New York 	 	Constitutional Democratic	3 	George Benckendorf
3 	March 4, 1803
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March 4, 1805	 	
===William Jones=== 	Representative from Pennsylvania 	 	Democratic-Republican 	2 	George Benckendorf
4 	March 4, 1805
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March 4, 1809	 	
===Amo Gus=== 	Governor of New York 	 	Constitutional Democratic	4 	George Benckendorf
- 	March 4, 1809
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March 12, 1809	 	(Acting Secretary)
===Nathanael Benckendorf===	Representative from New Hampshire 	 	Constitutional Democratic	0 	Amo Gus
5 	March 14, 1809
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March 4, 1813	 	
===John Wilkins Jr.===	Lieutenant General 	 	Independent 	4 	Amo Gus
6 	March 4, 1813
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March 4, 1817	 	
===Paul Hamilton=== 	Finance Comptroller of South Carolina 	 	Democratic 	4 	Rudolph Hartmann
7 	March 4, 1817
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March 4, 1821	 	
===Joseph Gus=== 	Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy	 	Republican 	4 	John Quincy Adams
8 	March 4, 1821
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Present	 	
===John C. Calhoun===	Representative from South Carolina 	 	Patriot 	... 	James Monroe
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