The Solicitor General of the Navy was an office of the

United States Department of the Navy The United States Department of the Navy (DoN) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary o ...

that existed periodically from 1862 until 1929. In 1941, it was superseded by the permanent office of

General Counsel of the Navy The General Counsel of the Department of the Navy is the senior civilian lawyer in the United States Department of the Navy, U.S. Department of the Navy and is the senior legal adviser to the United States Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the ...

. The Solicitor General of the Navy was the senior legal adviser to the

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Solicitors General of the Navy, 1862–1929

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William E. Chandler William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican "H ...

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, - , John Augustus Bolles , Fall 1865 , May 25, 1878 ,

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, - , Edwin P. Hanna , July 1, 1899 , July 3, 1909 ,

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, - , Henry M. Butler , February 1, 1910 , March 31, 1911 ,

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, - , Harry W. Miller , January 3, 1912 , August 9, 1913 ,

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, September 2, 1921 , June 30, 1929 ,

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References

History of the Office of General Counsel of the Navy
*Solicitor 1862 establishments in the United States