David Henshaw (American politician)
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David Henshaw (American politician)
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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. Trained as a druggist, he achieved notable success in that field, then expanded his energies into banking, transportation and politics. Before he was 33 he had acquired means to become a banker and to establish an insurance company. The panic of 1837 forced his "Commonwealth Bank' into bankruptcy.
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American politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Henshaw_(American_politician)
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2004-10-21T06:35:26Z
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2024-08-31T18:02:00Z
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