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George M. Robeson. George Maxwell Robeson (* 16. März 1829 in Oxford, Warren County, New Jersey; † 27. September 1897 in Trenton, New Jersey) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker (Republikanische Partei). Er bekleidete unter Präsident Ulysses S. Grant das Amt des US-Marineministers.
George Maxwell Robeson (March 16, 1829 – September 27, 1897) was an American politician and lawyer from New Jersey. A brigadier general in the New Jersey Militia during the American Civil War, he served as Secretary of the Navy, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant, from 1869 to 1877.
After serving as Secretary of the Navy, Robeson was elected a representative of New Jersey in the House of Representatives. He ran for the Senate in 1876, but was defeated. Robeson died on 27...
George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy – (Naval Department Ring- 1876) (Grant defended Robeson in State of the Union address. Grant believed Robeson had kept U.S. Navy as modern as possible during his lengthy tenure.) Nepotism. Grant was accused by Senator Charles Sumner in 1872 of practicing nepotism while President.
George Maxwell Robeson was born in 1829 in Oxford Furnace, New Jersey. He graduated with honors from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1847, studied the law, was admitted to the state bar in 1850, and by 1859 was serving as prosecutor for Camden County.
George Maxwell Robeson (* 16. März 1829 in Oxford, Warren County, New Jersey; † 27. September 1897 in Trenton, New Jersey) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker (Republikanische Partei). Er bekleidete unter Präsident Ulysses S. Grant das Amt des US-Marineministers. George M. Robeson
15. Jan. 2020 · With the help of Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson, Charles Francis Hall secured a $50,000 grant from Congress for an expedition to reach the North Pole.
