# Gideon Welles

> American government official; United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 (1802–1878)

**Wikidata**: [Q2303939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303939)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Welles)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gideon-welles


## References

1. Geni.com
2. Find a Grave
3. International Standard Name Identifier
4. CERL Thesaurus
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. [Source](http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/9014z)
7. [Source](https://archives.nypl.org/mss/3275)
8. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
9. SNAC
10. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013