The voyage's political legacy continued through a family closely tied to Navy administration. Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Henry L. Roosevelt all served as assistant secretaries of the Navy, with Theodore Jr. also acting as secretary for a period. Their appointments kept a Roosevelt near American naval leadership through much of the first half of the twentieth century. The family's service connects the Great White Fleet's public case for naval power with later institutional stewardship.
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The Roosevelt family's long connection to Navy leadership
Four Roosevelts served as assistant secretary of the Navy, extending Theodore Roosevelt's effort to make sea power a durable part of American government.