Samuel Francis Du Pont
Military Person
1803 – 1865
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Who was Samuel Francis Du Pont?
Samuel Francis Du Pont 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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- Born
- Sep 27, 1803
Bayonne - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Naval Academy
- Died
- Jun 23, 1865
Philadelphia
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on July 23, 2013
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