Jacob Crowninshield
American politician
Died when: 38 years 15 days (456 months)Star Sign: Aries
Jacob Crowninshield (March 31, 1770 – April 15, 1808) was a U.S.Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S.Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled.
His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American maritime affairs.
His ancestor, Johann Casper Richter von Kronenscheldt, immigrated from Leipzig. (Ambiguous entry) He was the grandfather of Arent S.Crowninshield.
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