Mahan's school of naval thought, five battleships (the and classes) and sixteen torpedo boats were authorized during Herbert's tenure. From 1897, when he left his Cabinet seat, to his death on March 6, 1919, six days before his 85th birthday, Herbert practiced law in Washington, D.C. Namesake was named in honor of Secretary Herbert. References Hammett, Hugh B. Hilary Abner Herbert: A Southerner Returns to the Union. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976 Herbert, Hilary Abner. The Abolition Crusade and its Consequences; Four Periods of American History. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1912. Herbert, H. A. (1914). History of the Arlington Confederate Monument, by Hilary A. Herbert. Washington, D.C.: B.S. Adams, printer. Complete document is available for free here: External links Retrieved on 2008-02-13 1834 births 1919 deaths People from Greenville, Alabama United States Secretaries of the Navy Confederate States Army officers People of Alabama in the American Civil War Cleveland administration cabinet members People from Laurens, South Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American politicians