Naval officer; born in New York City, Dec. 11, 1797; entered the United States navy as midshipman in September, 1811; was under
Macdonough, on
Lake Champlain, and received a sword from Congress for his services there.
He accompanied
Porter against the pirates in the
West Indies in 1823, and became master-commander in 1837.
He was commissioned captain in 1844, and was in active service in the
West Indies and on the
Pacific coast; and for the important services which he rendered the
State of
Nicaragua in suppressing the filibuster
Walker, that republic gave him a sword.
He was made a rear-admiral on the retired list (1861). In command of the navyyard at
Brooklyn (1862-65) he did excellent service in preparing ships for the different squadrons, and in 1866 was governor of the
Philadelphia Naval Asylum.
Admiral Paulding was a son of
John Paulding, one of the captors of
Major
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Andre.
He died in
Huntington, L. I., Oct. 20, 1878.
