Gideon Welles

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:birth_date 1802-07-01
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Glastonbury,_Connecticut
gptkbp:children gptkb:Gideon_Welles_Jr.
Charles Welles
Edwin Welles
William Welles
gptkbp:death_date 1878-02-11
gptkbp:education gptkb:Wesleyan_University
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Gideon_Welles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gideon Welles
gptkbp:image Gideon Welles.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_H._Taft
Naval policy during the Civil War
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:known_for Naval policy during the Civil War
Support of naval blockades
Expansion of the Navy
Promotion of ironclad warships
Reforming the Navy
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Diary_of_Gideon_Welles
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Politician
gptkb:Journalist
gptkbp:office gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Glastonbury,_Connecticut
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_position Anti-Slavery
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Simon_Cameron
gptkbp:president gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln_administration
American journalism
Connecticut history
19th-century American politics
Yale alumni
Naval history of the United States
Political history of the United States
gptkbp:role Civil War Navy leader
gptkbp:signature Gideon Welles signature.png
Gideon Welles signature
gptkbp:spouse Mary Welles
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Admiral_David_D._Porter
George M. Robeson
gptkbp:term_end 1869-03-04
gptkbp:term_start 1861-03-05
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3