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James Kirke Paulding
Secretary of the Navy · 1838
James Kirke Paulding, Secretary of the Navy.
Positions
- Secretary of the Navy1838-07-01–1841-03-04
Biography
James Kirke Paulding was an American writer and, for a time, the United States Secretary of the Navy. Paulding's early writings were satirical and violently anti-British, as shown in The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan (1812). He wrote numerous long poems and serious histories. Among his novels are Konigsmarke, the Long Finne (1823) and The Dutchman's Fireside (1831).
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