death_date birth_date term_end death_place imagesize preceded term_start order spouse image name occupation succeeded predecessor birth_place president party state district successor article_title
february 3 , 1851 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- december 27 , 1772 march 3 , 1831 september 30 , 1818 boston , massachusetts 200px gideon barstow march 4 , 1823 january 16 , 1815 5th united states secretary of the navy mary boardman -lrb- d. 1840 -rrb- bwcrowninshield.jpg benjamin williams crowninshield merchant rufus choate william jones salem , massachusetts james madison james monroe federalist national republican massachusetts 2nd smith thompson benjamin williams crowninshield

benjamin williams crowninshield

benjamin williams crowninshield -lrb- december 27 , 1772 -- february 3 , 1851 -rrb- served as the united states secretary of the navy between 1815 and 1818 , during the administrations of presidents james madison and james monroe .
