What is Benjamin Stoddert?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Benjamin Stoddert |image = Benjamin Stoddert SecNavy.jpg |office = 1st [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] |president = [[John Adams]]<br>[[Thomas Jefferson]] |term_start = June 18, 1798 |term_end = March 31, 1801 |predecessor = [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] {{small|(Agent of Marine)}} |successor = [[Robert Smith (Cabinet member)|Robert Smith]] |birth_date = 1744 |birth_place = [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles County]], [[Province of Maryland|Maryland]], [[British America]] |death_date = December 18, {{death year and age|1813|1744}} |death_place = [[Bladensburg, Maryland|Bladensburg]], [[Maryland]], U.S. |party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] |spouse = Rebecca Lowndes |education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] }} '''Benjamin Stoddert''' (1751 – December 13, 1813) was the first [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] from May 1, 1798 to March 31, 1801. {{USSecNavy}} {{Adams cabinet}} {{Jefferson cabinet}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoddert, Benjamin}} [[Category:1751 births]] [[Category:1813 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Maryland]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of the Navy]]