Editing George Dewey (section)

==Politics==
Many suggested Dewey [[1900 United States presidential election|run for President]] on the [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ticket in 1900.<ref>William P. Leeman, "America's admiral: George Dewey and American culture in the Gilded Age." ''The Historian'' 65.3 (2003): 587-614.</ref> His candidacy was plagued by public relations missteps. He was quoted as saying the job of president would be easy since the chief executive was merely following orders in executing the laws enacted by Congress and that he would "execute the laws of Congress as faithfully as I have always executed the orders of my superiors." He admitted to never having voted in a presidential election. He drew yet more criticism when he offhandedly, but prophetically, told a newspaper reporter that: "Our next war will be with Germany."<ref name="7ZAO2" /> Dewey also angered some [[Protestantism|Protestants]] by marrying a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] and giving her the house that the nation had given him following the war.<ref name="Spt1V" /> Dewey withdrew from the race in mid-May 1900 and endorsed [[William McKinley]].

In 1900, after his withdrawal from the presidential race, he was named president of the newly established [[General Board of the United States Navy|General Board]] of the Navy Department, which was the Navy's major policy{{nbhyph}}making body.  He remained in active naval service on the board until his death, and played a major role in championing the introduction of new technologies into the expanding U.S. Navy with his support of the development of naval aviation and the submarine.