Charles Joseph Bonaparte

Charles Joseph Bonaparte (9 June, 1851 – 28 June, 1921) served as the thirty-seventh Secretary of the Navy from 1905 through 1906.

Life & Career

Charles Bonaparte was born in Baltimore on 9 June, 1851. He was a descendent of Jérôme Bonaparte, youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Bonaparte replaced disgraced former railroad vice president Paul Morton on 1 July, 1905, and remained Secretary of the Navy until becoming United States Attorney General on 17 December, 1906.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Bishop, Joseph Bucklin (1922). Charles Joseph Bonaparte: His Life and Public Services. New York: C. Scribner's Sons.
• Goldman, Eric F. (1943). Charles J. Bonaparte: Patrician Reformer, His Earlier Career. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Papers

• Papers in possession of the United States Library of Congress

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Paul Morton	Secretary of the Navy 1 Jul, 1905 – 16 Dec, 1906	Succeeded by Victor H. Metcalf