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58k | George Edmund Badger was born on 17 April 1795 in New Bern, North Carolina. Following a partial college education at Yale, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814. Badger practiced law in North Carolina, was active in state politics and held public office on occasion. A supporter of Andrew Jackson from the 1820s, he separated with him in the mid-1830s, became a leader of the Whig party and helped carry the Whigs to victory in the 1840 Presidential election. Upon taking office, President William Henry Harrison appointed George E. Badger as his Secretary of the Navy, and he continued in that post when John Tyler succeeded to the Presidency upon Harrison's death. Badger's brief term as Secretary was marked by efforts to strengthen the Navy in the face of tension with Great Britain, the establishment of the Home Squadron and continued interest in steamships. Badger resigned in September 1841, during a general cabinet shakeup. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1846 and remained a Senator until 1855. His political activities continued into the 1860s, when he was a Unionist during the secession crisis but thereafter supported the Confederate war effort. George E. Badger died in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 11 May 1866. | Bill Gonyo | |
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82k | As DD-74, undated, location unknown. | Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans | |
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25k | Seen here as the USCGC George E. Badger (CG 16) at Naval Station Key West, FL, circa 1933. | Joe Radigan | |
USS GEORGE E. BADGER DD-196 (AVP-16 - AVD-3 - APD-33) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Curt Clark, Secretary Four Stack APD Veterans
Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
Phone: 619-282-0971
E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
Next reunion: Oct 8-12 2003 Howard Johnson Inn, San Antonio, TX
Oct 6-10 2004 Oakbrook Marriott, Chicago, IL
Sep/Oct 2005 San Diego, CA
Note About Contacts.