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Lewis Nixon (naval architect)
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Birth and naval education
Nixon was born on the eve of the American Civil War, in Leesburg, Virginia, to Colonel Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane Turner.BOOK, Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizen's and State Guide, 1919â1920, 341, Metuchen â Shipbuilder. Born at Leesburg, Va., on April 7, 1861; son of Col. Lewis and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married at Washington, D. C., in 1891, to Sally Lewis Wood, daughter of Col. Lafayette Bawyer Wood and Margaret Robertson Wood, of Inverness, Scotland. Children: Stanhope Wood, born in 1894, married to Doris Fletcher Ryer, in 1917. Grandson, Lewis Nixon, III, born Sept. 30, 1918. Lewis Nixon has made his name known all over the world by his ship-building activities. At his yards, the Crescent, in Elizabeth, he constructed 100 vessels in five years. The Holland, the first submarine of the United States' Navy, was built there; this was followed by the building of seven more submarines. ...,weblink Leesburg, only three miles into the Confederacy, changed hands several times over the course of the War. His brother George H. Nixon fought in the Virginia Cavalry as a member of "Mosby's Raiders.""Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography," at p. 1077 (Lyon Tyler ed. 1915).Nixon graduated first in his class from the United States Naval Academy in 1882 and was sent to study naval architecture at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, where, in 1885, he again graduated first in the class.Shipbuilding and other businesses
(File:Cinderellas of the fleet (1920) (14595241448).jpg|thumb|Standard Motor Construction Company, Jersey City, bef. 1920)On Nixon's return to the United States, he was assigned to the John Roach & Sons shipyard in Chester, Pennsylvania, which the United States Navy had commandeered in order to finish three protected cruisers of the new steel navy: {{USS|Atlanta|1884|6}}, {{USS|Boston|1884|6}}, and {{USS|Chicago|1885|6}}. In 1890, with help from assistant naval constructor David W. Taylor, he designed the three {{Sclass|Indiana|battleship}}s: {{USS|Indiana|BB-1}}, {{USS|Massachusetts|BB-2}} and {{USS|Oregon|BB-3}}. While in Pennsylvania, he earned a Doctor of Science degree from Villanova University.File:USS Massachusetts (BB-2), Antonio Jacobsen.jpg|left|thumb|275px|USS Massachusetts (BB-2) (painting by Antonio JacobsenAntonio JacobsenSoon after the contracts for the battleships were awarded, he resigned from the Navy to work as Superintendent of Construction for William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, the shipyard that won the lead contract.In 1891, Nixon married Sally Lewis Wood of Washington, D.C., a descendant of General Andrew Lewis of Colonial Virginia. Their son was Stanhope Wood Nixon, whom Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862â1947) would paint full-length in Scottish costume in 1902-1903. Sally would die on June 15, 1937, three years before Nixon himself.Obituary, "Mrs. Lewis Nixon; Wife of Former Shipbuilder Who Designed Three Battleships," New York Times, 1937-06-16, at p. 24 In January 1895, Nixon leased the Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and launched his own business. His superintendent-in-charge was Arthur Leopold Busch, another former William Cramp & Sons shipbuilder and naval architect, who had come from Great Britain to Philadelphia in 1892. Under Nixon and Busch, the yard built many vessels, including torpedo boats {{USS|Nicholson|TB-29}} and {{USS|O'Brien|TB-30}}, cruiser {{USS|Chattanooga|CL-18}}, monitor {{USS|Florida|BM-9}}, gunboat {{USS|Annapolis|PG-10}}, and Anstice yacht (1902) that was renamed the Sandy Hook.NEWS,weblink Local Plant Busy. Harlan and Hollingsworth Company has a Number of Important Contracts. Make Steamer into Yacht., The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, 12 Feb 1903, 1, 2021-01-14, BOOK, Allen, Edward L., 1922, Pilot Lore From sail to Steam,weblink New York, The United New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Associations, {{rp|p90}}Public service and political activism
In 1895, the New York Legislature authorized the East River Bridge Commission to undertake a second span across the river, ultimately known as the Williamsburg Bridge.Laws of 1895, ch. 789, act 1. In January 1898, New York City Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck sacked the entire membership of the Commission after he had complained of its slow and expensive pace.People ex rel. Baird v. Nixon, 158 N.Y. 221, 52 N.E. 1117, 1117 (1899). He appointed Nixon as the Commission's new president."The East River Bridge," New York Times, 1898-01-20 at p. 5. Nixon continued to serve as the Commission's president during the bridge's construction until the Commission's powers were transferred to the Commissioner of Bridges on January 1, 1902."History of the Bridge," New York Times, 1903-12-20 at p. 5; Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, p. 455 (1905).Nixon was active in Democratic Party politics. In December 1901, the longtime Tammany Hall boss Richard Croker chose Nixon as his successor."Nixon Resigns as Tammany's Leader," New York Times, 1902-05-15 at p. 1. Croker's choice of Nixon surprised observers because Nixon had spoken out against vice and corruption in City government and seemingly had nothing in common with Croker."Who is Nixon? The Mystery of a Clean Man at the Head of the Pirate Crew of Tammany Hall â How it Came About and What it Means," World's Work, pp. 1997-98 (April 1902). Nixon resigned several months later and explained, "I find that I cannot retain my self-respect and remain the leader of the Tammany organization."He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention seven times. A friend and supporter of three-time Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan, Nixon played a key role in the 1908 Democratic National Convention, where he chaired the subcommittee on the platform, overcame Tammany's initial hostility to Bryan to deliver New York's delegation for him, and was urged as Bryan's running-mate."Nixon Now Boomed for Second Place," New York Times, 1908-07-06 at p. 3; "New York Defeats Hopes of Anti-Bryan Crowd," Oakland Tribune, 1908-07-07 at p. 4; "New Yorkers Dodge Bryan's Doctrines," New York Times, 1908-07-08 at p. 3.A resident of Staten Island, Nixon served from 1914 to 1915 as the borough's Acting Commissioner of Public Works and its consulting engineer."Job for Lewis Nixon'" New York Times, 1914-01-02 at p. 3.In 1919, New York Governor Al Smith appointed Nixon as the State's Superintendent of Public Works, and then as New York City's Regulatory Public Service Commissioner."Lewis Nixon Named Service Board Head," New York Times, 1919-05-04 at p. 16.{{clearleft}}Legacy
Nixon was the grandfather of Lewis Nixon III, an officer in the 101st Airborne Division during WWII, who was made famous by the miniseries Band of Brothers.NEWS, Katharine Page's Marriage,weblink New York Times, December 21, 1941, 2010-03-22,References
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- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Lewis Nixon |birth=1861 |death=1940}}
- Crescent Shipyard information at globalSecurity.com
- CorpWatch : General Dynamics {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313001905weblink |date=2018-03-13 }} at www.corpwatch.org History and origins of Electric Boat/General Dynamics. Company foundation begins here at Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
- More detailed account of first U.S. Navy submarines built at Crescent and Mare Island Naval Shipyard/Union Iron Works.
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