Who was responsible for the establishment of a competent, government run, life-saving service?
A. On June 18, 1878 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill enacted by congress that created the U. S. Life-Saving Service as a separate agency within the U. S. Treasury Department. Soon thereafter he nominated Sumner Increase Kimball to become the General Superintendent of the service. Kimball, a native of Maine, had been appointed to a position in the Teasury department years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln and had quickly established a reputation for competence and hard work. Following his appointment the Senate rapidly confirmed him. Kimball was the only Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, serving from 1878 to 1914.
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