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May 19, 1844 Massillon, Ohio, United States Died on 22 Jul 1928 (aged 84)
United States Navy admiral
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About William M. Folger
- Rear Admiral William Mayhew Folger (19 May 1844 – 22 July 1928) was an officer in the United States Navy.
- He served in the American Civil War without seeing action.
- He filled a wide range of roles, including Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, over the following 30 years.
- He fought in the Spanish–American War as captain of the protected cruiser USS New Orleans.
- Folger served as a lighthouse inspector before becoming commander of the Philippine Squadron during the Philippine–American War, and was briefly Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet.
- He retired in 1905 as a rear admiral.
