Cicero Price
| Cicero Price | |
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| Born |
2 December 1805 Lancaster, Kentucky |
| Died | 24 November 1888 (aged 82) Troy, New York |
| Buried at | Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1826–1867 |
| Rank |
 Commodore
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| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations | George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (son-in-law) |
Commodore Cicero Price (2 December 1805 – 24 November 1888) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the American Civil War and was commander of the East India Squadron.
Price was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, on 2 December 1805, the son of William T. Price and the former Lucy Jennings. He was appointed a midshipman from Kentucky on 1 February 1826 and was attached to the frigate USS Macedonian in the Brazil Squadron from 1826 to 1828 and to the sloop-of-war USS Erie and the schooner USS Shark in the West Indies Squadron during periods between 1828 and 1831. He was promoted to passed midshipman on 28 April 1832.
Price served aboard the schooner USS Boxer from 1834 to 1837 and on the ship-of-the-line USS North Carolina in the Pacific Squadron from 1837 to 1838, and was promoted to lieutenant on 6 September 1837. He next had duty aboard the sidewheel steamer USS Fulton along the United States East Coast in 1840 and aboard the ship-of-the-line USS Delaware in the Brazil Squadron and the Mediterranean Squadron from 1841 to 1843 and during part of 1844. He was assigned to a receiving ship at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, during 1845 and to the sloop-of-war USS Marion in the Africa Squadron during 1846. He was aboard Marion again in 1848 and 1849 while she was in the Mediterranean Squadron.
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