# Thomas Truxtun

> Commodore Thomas Truxtun was a United States Navy officer and politician. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a privateer. Truxtun eventually rose to the rank of Commodore in the late eighteenth century and later served in the Quasi-War with France. He was one of the first six commanders appointed to the new U.S. Navy by President George Washington. During his naval career he commanded a number of famous U.S. naval ships, including USS Constellation and USS President. Later in civilian life he became involved with politics and was also elected as a sheriff. Six U.S. Navy warships have been named for Truxtun since 1842.

*American naval officer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/thomas-truxtun

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1755-02-17
- **Died:** 1822-05-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Томас Тракстон](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [توماس تروكستون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Thomas Truxtun](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Truxtun)
- [Thomas Truxtun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Truxtun)
- [Thomas Truxtun](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Truxtun)
- [Thomas Truxtun](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Truxtun)
- [トーマス・トラクスタン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3)
- [Thomas Truxtun](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Truxtun)
- [Тракстон, Томас](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686449)

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