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About Seth Ledyard Phelps
Seth Ledyard Phelps was an American naval officer, and in later life, a politician and diplomat. Phelps received his first commission in United States Navy as a midshipman aboard the famous USS Independence. He served patrolling the coast of West Africa guarding against slavers. During the Mexican–American War he served on gunboats, giving support to Winfield Scott's army, and later served in the Mediterranean and Caribbean squadrons.
Everything about Seth Ledyard Phelps →- Occupation
- military officer, diplomat, politician, naval officer
- Position held
- President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 31, 1824
- Died
- June 24, 1885