William Thomas Sampson Small 296×320 Medium 592×640 Large 947×1024 Download Tiff Original 2219×2400 | (4.9 MB) Description William Thomas Sampson (9 February 1840 – 6 May 1902) was a United States Navy admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Keywords Admiral, portrait, spanish american war, United States Navy Galleries Famous People: S Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 8) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)