Naval officer; born in
Ohio, Nov. 22, 1836; entered the navy in 1851; was promoted passed midshipman in 1856; master in 1858; lieutenant in 1860;
lieutenant-commander in 1862; commander in 1870; captain in 1881; commodore in 1894; and rear-admiral, March 21, 1897; and was retired, Nov. 22, 1898.
During the
Civil War he served with distinction as executive officer of the iron-clad
Passaic in the attack upon
Fort McAllister and
Fort Sumter, and on the
Monadnock in the two engagements with
Fort Fisher.
In 1875, while commander of the
Tuscarora, he made deep-sea soundings in the
Pacific Ocean between the
Hawaiian and Fiji Islands.
In 1897, with the
Brooklyn, he represented the
United States at Queen Victoria's jubilee; in August of the same year was made commander of the Pacific station; and in August, 1898, he raised and saluted the
American flag at
Honolulu, the last act in the annexation of
Hawaii to the
United States.
During the war with
Spain he organized the naval reserves on the
Pacific coast.