Brigadier General, Union Army, New Jersey Regiments, Civil War, 1861-65. Attorney General of New Jersey 1867. Secretary of the United States Navy 1869-77 (Grant Administration.) United States Congressman 1978-82. Robeson Channel, in Northern Greenland, leading to the Arctic Ocean, was named in his honor by Arctic Explorer, Captain Charles F. Hall, in 1871.

Lodge: Northern 25 (now Nutley 25)
Residence: Newark, later Camden, later Trenton