Usually means: Civil War Secretary of the Navy.
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  1. Gideon Welles: Merriam-Webster
  2. Welles, Gideon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Gideon Welles: Dictionary.com
  4. Gideon Welles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Welles, Gideon, Gideon Welles: Dictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 – February 11, 1878), nicknamed "Father Neptune", was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election.


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