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A Short Biography of Stephen Decatur

Author Name:

Stephen Decatur

Born As:

Stephen Decatur, Jr

Other Names:

Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr

Born:

5 Jan 1779

Died:

22 Mar 1820




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Naval officer                          
                          
Mother Ann Pine
Father Stephen Decatur, Sr.
Wife Susan Wheeler                          
Stephen Decatur was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the United States Navy, and the first American celebrated as a national military hero who had not played a role in the American Revolution.

Forty-six communities in the United States have been named after Stephen Decatur, including:
Decatur, Alabama
Decatur, Arkansas
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Indiana
Decatur, Michigan
Decatur, Texas
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur County, Georgia
Decatur County, Indiana
Decatur County, Iowa
Decatur County, Kansas
Decatur County, Tennessee
Decatur Township, Indiana
Decaturville, Missouri
Stephen Decatur Elementary in Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion County, Decatur Township
3 schools in Maryland have been named after him:
Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin, Maryland
Stephen Decatur Middle School in Berlin, Maryland
Stephen Decatur Middle School in Clinton, Maryland
Schools in Illinois named after him:
Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur, Illinois
Schools in New York State named after him:
Stephen Decatur (Middle) School, PS 35, Brooklyn, New York
Maryland Route 611, a road connecting U.S. Route 50 to Assateague Island in Worcester County, Maryland, is named the Stephen Decatur Highway.
Decatur Street (New Orleans), is in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A nephew, Stephen Decatur (1815–1876), was an incorporator of Decatur, Nebraska.