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Crowley, Winfield S

journalist, was born Feb. 15, 1861, in Saco, Maine.

He is the editor and manager of the Globe-Star of Westbrook, Maine. He has been chairman of the board of registration, and is prominently identified with the democratic party of his county and state.

CROWNINSHIELD, BENJAMIN WIL- LIAMS, secretary of the navy, congressman, was born Dec. 27, 1772, in Boston, Mass. In 1820 he was a presidential elector; and in 1826 was elected a representative in congress from the Salem district of Massachusetts, and continued in that position until 1831. He died Feb. 3, 1851, in Boston, Mass.

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