Graduated from U.S. Naval Academy in 1875.
Stationed with the sloop Tuscarora laying transpacific oceanic cable, 1875.
Regular tour of duty on many sloops.
Performed ordnance work at the Washington Navy Yard, 1887-1891.
Commanded the navy’s first torpedo boat, Cushing, 1890s.
Served on the battleship Maine during its maiden cruise, middle 1890s.
Assistant chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, 1898, and later work at same office.
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, 1899.
Promoted to Commander, 1904.
Commanded the battleship Vermont with the Great White Fleet global voyage.
Became Rear Admiral, 1911.
Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, 1915.
Served on Navy General Board during World War I.
Retired in 1919