James McHenry

James McHenry


3rd United States Secretary of War
In office January 27, 1796 – May 13, 1800
President	George Washington (1796-1797) John Adams (1797-1800)
Preceded by	Timothy Pickering
Succeeded by	Samuel Dexter

Personal details
Born	November 16, 1753 Ballymena, Ulster, Ireland
Died	May 3, 1816 Baltimore, Maryland

James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was an early American statesman. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution. He was from Maryland. Fort McHenry was named for him. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland, and the third United States Secretary of War from January 27, 1796 to May 13, 1800, under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.

United States Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army
Cabinet-level	Knox • Pickering • McHenry • Dexter • Dearborn • Eustis • Armstrong • Monroe • W. H. Crawford • Calhoun • Barbour • P. B. Porter • Eaton • Cass • Poinsett • Bell • Spencer • J. M. Porter • Wilkins • Marcy • G. W. Crawford • Conrad • J. Davis • Floyd • Holt • S. Cameron • Stanton • Schofield • Rawlins • Belknap • A. Taft • J. Cameron • McCrary • Ramsey • Lincoln • Endicott • Proctor • Elkins • Lamont • Alger • Root • W. H. Taft • Wright • Dickinson • Stimson • Garrison • Baker • Weeks • D. F. Davis • Good • Hurley • Dern • Woodring • Stimson • Patterson • Royall	Flag of the Secretary of the Army
Dept. of Defense	Royall • Gray • Pace • Stevens • Brucker • Stahr • Vance • Ailes • Resor • Froehlke • Callaway • Hoffmann • Alexander • Marsh • Stone • Shannon • Sullivan • West • Walker • Caldera • Dahlberg • Westphal • White • Brownlee • Harvey • Geren • McHugh • Fanning • Murphy • Esper • McCarthy • Wormuth • Driscoll (nominee)	Flag of the Secretary of the Army

v t e Cabinet of President George Washington (1789–1797)
Vice President	John Adams (1789–1797)
Secretary of State	Thomas Jefferson (1789–1793) • Edmund Randolph (1794–1795) • Timothy Pickering (1795–1797)
Secretary of the Treasury	Alexander Hamilton (1789–1795) • Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795–1797)
Secretary of War	Henry Knox (1789–1794) • Timothy Pickering (1795–1795) • James McHenry (1796–1797)
Attorney General	Edmund Randolph (1789–1794) • William Bradford (1794–1795) • Charles Lee (1795–1797)

v t e Cabinet of President John Adams (1797–1801)
Vice President	Thomas Jefferson (1797–1801)
Secretary of State	Timothy Pickering (1797–1800) • John Marshall (1800–1801)
Secretary of the Treasury	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1797–1801) • Samuel Dexter (1801)
Secretary of War	James McHenry (1796–1800) • Samuel Dexter (1800–1801)
Attorney General	Charles Lee (1797–1801)
Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert (1798–1801)

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