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  • Samuel Francis Du Pont
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  • Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 – June 23, 1865) was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D. He served prominently during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and made significant contributions to the modernization of the U.S. Navy.
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  • 1815
Birth Date
  • 1803-09-27
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Branch
  • United States Navy
death place
  • Philadelphia
Name
  • Samuel Francis Du Pont
Caption
  • Samuel Francis Du Pont by Daniel Huntington, 1867-68, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Bayonne, New Jersey
death date
  • 1865-06-23
Rank
  • 35
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  • Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 – June 23, 1865) was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D. He served prominently during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and made significant contributions to the modernization of the U.S. Navy.
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