Dan Christie Kingman (March 6, 1852 – November 14, 1916) was an officer in the

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who served as

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from 1913 to 1916.

Early life

Kingman was born in

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on March 6, 1852.

Military career

Entering the

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, Kingman graduated second in the class of 1875 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He served as an instructor at the Military Academy and as the engineer officer of the Army's

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based at

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. In 1883, he began the construction of roads and bridges in the new

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. Kingman Pass on the Grand Loop Road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris is named for him. Kingman directed improvements along the lower

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in 1886-90 and received the thanks of the Louisiana legislature for "splendid service rendered" during the 1890 flood. He oversaw harbor and fortification work on

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in 1891-95 and improvements on the Tennessee River in the last half of that decade. In the latter assignment he initiated planning for federal cost-sharing with private hydroelectric-power investors for a lock and dam built below Chattanooga. Kingman oversaw substantial harbor improvements at Cleveland in 1901-05 and headed the Corps' Savannah District and Southeast Division in 1906-13. The

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was completed while he was

. He retired from the army on March 6, 1916.

Later life

Kingman died November 14, 1916, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was buried with high military honors in

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. Among the pallbearers were Chief of Staff General Hugh L. Scott and two former Chiefs of Engineers, Generals

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and Bixby.

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Early life

Military career

Later life

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