Benjamin Homans

Benjamin Homans
Chief Clerk of the US Navy Department
In office
March 9, 1813  December 1, 1823
Appointed byJames Monroe
Preceded byCharles W. Goldsborough
Succeeded byCharles Hay
4th Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In office
1810–1812
Succeeded byAlden Bradford
Personal details
Bornc.1765
Massachusetts
DiedDecember 1823
Georgetown, D.C.
ChildrenI. Smith Homans

Benjamin Homans (c.1765 – December 1823) was an American merchant captain, and politician who served as the 4th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth and who served from as the Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, which was at the time the second highest civilian position in the US Navy.