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href="/wiki/File:John_Armstrong_Jr_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/John_Armstrong_Jr_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg/220px-John_Armstrong_Jr_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/John_Armstrong_Jr_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg/330px-John_Armstrong_Jr_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/John_Armstrong_Jr_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="424" data-file-height="531" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 13, 1813 – September 27, 1814</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Eustis" title="William Eustis">William Eustis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_France" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to France">United States Minister to France</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 18, 1804 – September 14, 1810</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Livingston_(chancellor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)">Robert Livingston</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Russell" title="Jonathan Russell">Jonathan Russell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 4, 1804 – June 30, 1804</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theodorus_Bailey_(politician)" title="Theodorus Bailey (politician)">Theodorus Bailey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Mitchill" title="Samuel L. Mitchill">Samuel L. Mitchill</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 10, 1803 – February 4, 1804</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" title="George Clinton (vice president)">George Clinton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(New_York_politician,_born_1752)" title="John Smith (New York politician, born 1752)">John Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 6, 1800 – February 5, 1802</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Laurance" title="John Laurance">John Laurance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" title="Congress of the Confederation">Continental Congress</a> from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1787–1788</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1758-11-25</span>)</span>November 25, 1758<br /><a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle, Pennsylvania</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 1, 1843<span style="display:none">(1843-04-01)</span> (aged 84)<br /><a href="/wiki/Red_Hook,_New_York" title="Red Hook, New York">Red Hook, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Alida Livingston</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1789; died 1822)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Sr." title="John Armstrong Sr.">John Armstrong</a> (father)<br /><a href="/wiki/James_Armstrong_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="James Armstrong (Pennsylvania politician)">James Armstrong</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img 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data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1775–1777, 1782–1783 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Continental Army)</span><br />1812–1813 <span style="font-size:85%;">(U.S. Army)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Continental Army)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier General</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(U.S. Army)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Armstrong Jr.</b> (November 25, 1758 – April 1, 1843) was an American soldier, diplomat and statesman who was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> from New York, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a> under President <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nypl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican Party</a>, Armstrong was <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_France" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to France">United States Minister to France</a> from 1804 to 1810. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Livingston_family" title="Livingston family">Livingston family</a></div> <p>Armstrong was born in <a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle, Pennsylvania</a>, the younger son of General <a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Sr." title="John Armstrong Sr.">John Armstrong Sr.</a> and Rebecca (Lyon) Armstrong.<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_Who's_Who_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_Who's_Who-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Sr. was a renowned Pennsylvania soldier born in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_people" title="Ulster Scots people">Scottish</a> descent. John Jr.'s older brother was <a href="/wiki/James_Armstrong_(Pennsylvania)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Armstrong (Pennsylvania)">James Armstrong</a>, who became a physician and U.S. Congressman.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeen1981_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeen1981-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After early education in Carlisle, John Jr. studied at the College of New Jersey, now <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_Who's_Who_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_Who's_Who-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He broke off his studies in <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a> in 1775 to return to <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and join the fight in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolutionary_War">Revolutionary War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Revolutionary War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The young Armstrong initially joined a Pennsylvania militia regiment and the following year he was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to General <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mercer" title="Hugh Mercer">Hugh Mercer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker2009_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this role, he carried the wounded and dying General Mercer from the field at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton" title="Battle of Princeton">Battle of Princeton</a>. After the general died on January 12, 1777, Armstrong became an aide to General <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Gates" title="Horatio Gates">Horatio Gates</a>. He stayed with Gates through the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saratoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Saratoga">Battle of Saratoga</a> then resigned due to problems with his health. In 1782 Gates asked him to return. Armstrong joined General Gates' staff as an aide with the rank of major, which he held through the rest of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker2009_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newburgh_letters">Newburgh letters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Newburgh letters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While in camp with Gates at <a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">Newburgh, New York</a>, Armstrong became involved in the <a href="/wiki/Newburgh_conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Newburgh conspiracy">Newburgh Conspiracy</a>. He is generally acknowledged as the author of the two anonymous letters directed at the officers in the camp. The first, titled "An Address to the Officers" (dated March 10, 1783), called for a meeting to discuss back pay and other grievances with the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Congress</a> and form a plan of action. After <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> ordered the meeting canceled and called for a milder meeting on March 15, a second address appeared that claimed that this showed that Washington supported their actions.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker2009_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Washington successfully defused this protest without a mutiny. While some of Armstrong's later correspondence acknowledged his role, there was never any official action that connected him with the anonymous letters.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeen1981_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeen1981-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_revolution">After the revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: After the revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Later in 1783 Armstrong returned home to Carlisle and became an Original Member of the Pennsylvania <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. He was named the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania's militia and also served as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania" title="Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania">Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a> under Presidents <a href="/wiki/John_Dickinson_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Dickinson (delegate)">Dickinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Franklin</a>. In 1784, he led a military force of four hundred militiamen into a controversy with Connecticut settlers in the <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a> of Pennsylvania. His tactics enraged the nearby states of Vermont and Connecticut, which sent their own militia into the area. <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Pickering" title="Timothy Pickering">Timothy Pickering</a> was dispatched to forge a solution to the difficulty, and the settlers were able to keep title to the land they had tamed. In 1787 and 1788 Armstrong was sent as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" title="Congress of the Confederation">Congress of the Confederation</a>. The Congress offered to make him chief justice of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>. He declined this, as well as all other public offices for the next dozen years.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeen1981_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeen1981-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armstrong resumed public life after the resignation of <a href="/wiki/John_Laurance" title="John Laurance">John Laurance</a> as <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator_from_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator from New York">U.S. Senator from New York</a>. As a <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Jeffersonian Republican</a> he was elected in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York,_November_1800" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New York, November 1800">November 1800</a> to a term ending in March 1801. He took his seat on November 6, and was <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1801" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1801">re-elected</a> on January 27 for a full term (1801–1807), but <a href="/wiki/Resignation_from_the_United_States_Senate" title="Resignation from the United States Senate">resigned</a> on February 5, 1802. <a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a> was elected to fill the vacancy, but resigned in 1803, and Armstrong was appointed temporarily to his old seat.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker2009_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/February_1804_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_New_York" title="February 1804 United States Senate special elections in New York">February 1804</a>, Armstrong was elected again to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Theodorus_Bailey_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodorus Bailey (senator)">Theodorus Bailey</a>, thus moving from the Class 3 to the Class 1 seat on February 25, but served only four months before <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">President Jefferson</a> appointed him <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_France" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to France">U.S. Minister to France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JAJrbioguide_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAJrbioguide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rodriguez2002_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodriguez2002-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To Paris Armstrong brought as his private secretary the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_United_Irishmen" title="Society of United Irishmen">United-Irish exile</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Bailie_Warden" title="David Bailie Warden">David Bailie Warden</a>. After serving as Consul, Warden was to author the first major work of reference for the diplomatic corps; a "pioneering" contribution to "the emergence of doctrinal views and a specialist literature on international law".<sup id="cite_ref-Butler_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armstrong served as Minister in Paris until September 1810. In 1806 he had also briefly also represented the United States at the court of <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker2009_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> broke out, Armstrong was called to military service. He was commissioned as a Brigadier General, and placed in charge of the defenses for the port of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Quimby19979_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quimby19979-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then in 1813 <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">President Madison</a> named him <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">Secretary of War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JAJrbioguide_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAJrbioguide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brooks_Adams" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Brooks Adams">Henry Adams</a> wrote of him: </p> <i><blockquote><p>In spite of Armstrong's services, abilities, and experience, something in his character always created distrust. He had every advantage of education, social and political connection, ability and self-confidence; he was only fifty-four years old, which was also the age of <a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a>; but he suffered from the reputation of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indolence#Noun" class="extiw" title="wikt:indolence">indolence</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intrigue" class="extiw" title="wikt:intrigue">intrigue</a>. So strong was the prejudice against him that he obtained only eighteen votes against fifteen in the Senate on his confirmation; and while the two senators from Virginia did not vote at all, the two from Kentucky voted in the negative. Under such circumstances, nothing but military success of the first order could secure a fair field for Monroe's rival.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote></i> <p>Armstrong made a number of valuable changes to the armed forces but was so convinced that the British would 'not' attack Washington D.C. that he did nothing to defend the city even when it became clear it was the objective of the invasion force. After the American defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bladensburg" title="Battle of Bladensburg">Battle of Bladensburg</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Washington" title="Burning of Washington">burning of Washington</a>, Madison, usually a forgiving man, forced him to resign in September 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Armstrong returned to his farm and resumed a quiet life. He published a number of histories, biographies, and some works on agriculture. He died at <a href="/wiki/Rokeby_(Barrytown,_New_York)" title="Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)">La Bergerie</a> (later renamed Rokeby), the farm estate he built in <a href="/wiki/Red_Hook,_New_York" title="Red Hook, New York">Red Hook, New York</a> in 1843 and is buried in the cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck_(town),_New_York" title="Rhinebeck (town), New York">Rhinebeck</a>. Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Paine_Wingate" title="Paine Wingate">Paine Wingate</a> in 1838, he became the last surviving delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a>, and the only one to be photographed.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeen1981_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeen1981-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg/200px-Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg/300px-Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg/400px-Alida_Livingston_Armstrong_and_Daughter.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="815" data-file-height="988" /></a><figcaption><i>Alida Livingston Armstrong and Daughter</i>, <a href="/wiki/Rembrandt_Peale" title="Rembrandt Peale">Rembrandt Peale</a>, ca. 1810</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daguerreotype_of_John_Armstrong,_Jr.,_1840.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Daguerreotype_of_John_Armstrong%2C_Jr.%2C_1840.jpg/200px-Daguerreotype_of_John_Armstrong%2C_Jr.%2C_1840.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Daguerreotype_of_John_Armstrong%2C_Jr.%2C_1840.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>Daguerreotype of Armstrong in 1840. This photo is the only one of a person who served as a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1789, Armstrong married Alida Livingston (1761–1822), the youngest child of Judge <a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_(1718-1775)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Livingston (1718-1775)">Robert Livingston</a> (1718–1775) and Margaret (<a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> Beekman) Livingston. Alida was also the sister of Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_(1746%E2%80%931813)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Livingston (1746–1813)">Robert R. Livingston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Livingston" title="Edward Livingston">Edward Livingston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Livingston1910_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Livingston1910-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mowbray1898_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mowbray1898-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together they had seven children:<sup id="cite_ref-Skeen1981_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeen1981-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Maj <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Gates_Armstrong" title="Horatio Gates Armstrong">Horatio Gates Armstrong</a> (1790–1858), soldier in the War of 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-HGAObit1858_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HGAObit1858-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Henry Beekman Armstrong (1791–1854), also a soldier in the War of 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-Chisholm1905_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chisholm1905-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Armstrong (1794–1852), who moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and took up life as a gentleman farmer at <a href="/wiki/Rokeby_(Barrytown,_New_York)" title="Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)">La Bergerie</a>, a farm purchased from Alida's family in <a href="/wiki/Dutchess_County,_New_York" title="Dutchess County, New York">Dutchess County</a></li> <li>Robert Livingston Armstrong (1797–1834)<sup id="cite_ref-Heitman1903_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heitman1903-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Margaret Rebecca Armstrong (1800–1872), who married <a href="/wiki/William_Backhouse_Astor_Sr." title="William Backhouse Astor Sr.">William Backhouse Astor Sr.</a> (1792–1875) of the prominent <a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Trager2010_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trager2010-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mowbray1898_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mowbray1898-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>James Kosciuszko Armstrong (1801–1868)</li> <li>William Armstrong (1814–1902), who married Lucy A. Hickernell (1816–1894).</li></ul> <p>Armstrong died in <a href="/wiki/Red_Hook,_New_York" title="Red Hook, New York">Red Hook, New York</a> on April 1, 1843. He was buried at the Rhinebeck Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhinebeck, New York">Rhinebeck, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JAJrbioguide_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAJrbioguide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Residences">Residences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Residences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Almont">Almont</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Almont"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Armstrong's initial farm in Dutchess County, called "Altmont" (also known as "The Meadows"), was originally part of the Schuyler patent. In 1795, he purchased a part of the farm from the Van Benthuysen family, and converted an existing barn into a two-story Federal style dwelling with twelve rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1800, Armstrong sold "Almont" to <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Deveaux" title="Andrew Deveaux">Andrew</a> and Anna Verplanck Deveaux. Deveaux died in 1812; in 1816 his widow sold "Deveaux Park" to <a href="/wiki/John_Stevens_(inventor,_born_1749)" title="John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)">John Stevens</a>. The mansion burned down around 1879. In 1908, lumber rights to the white oak and chestnut forests were sold for timber for the New York market.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="La_Bergerie">La Bergerie</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: La Bergerie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the death of Margaret Beekman Livingston, widow of Judge Robert Livingston, much of the Clermont land was distributed among the heirs. John R. Livingston received the land that would become the "Messena" estate. His sister Alida Livingston Armstrong inherited the property just to the south. There the Armstrong's created "La Bergerie", in English "the sheepfold" – an estate where they raised Merino sheep. The Merino sheep were a gift from the French Emperor <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon Bonaparte">Napoleon Bonaparte</a> on Armstrong's departure after being Minister. The Astors purchased it for a summer home and renamed it <a href="/wiki/Rokeby_(Barrytown,_New_York)" title="Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)">Rokeby</a>. <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Chanler_Aldrich" title="Margaret Chanler Aldrich">Margaret Chanler Aldrich</a>, great-granddaughter of Margaret Armstrong Astor, married <a href="/wiki/Richard_Aldrich_(music_critic)" title="Richard Aldrich (music critic)">Richard Aldrich</a>. Rokeby remains in the Aldrich family. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rokeby_(Barrytown,_New_York)" title="Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)">Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Armstrong_Jr.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nypl-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nypl_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018214058/http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6743">"John Armstrong letters 1795, 1802, 1806, 1812, 1813, 1814"</a>. <i>archives.nypl.org</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="The New York Public Library">The New York Public Library</a>. 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Taylor (politician)">John W. Taylor</a> (1820–1821)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_P._Barbour" title="Philip P. Barbour">Philip P. 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Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Knox" title="Henry Knox">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Pickering" title="Timothy Pickering">Pickering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McHenry" title="James McHenry">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dexter" title="Samuel Dexter">Dexter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dearborn" title="Henry Dearborn">Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Eustis" title="William Eustis">Eustis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Crawford" title="William H. Crawford">W. Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Barbour" title="James Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Buell_Porter" title="Peter Buell Porter">P. Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Eaton_(politician)" title="John Eaton (politician)">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Roberts_Poinsett" title="Joel Roberts Poinsett">Poinsett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bell_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Bell (Tennessee politician)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Canfield_Spencer" title="John Canfield Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Porter" title="James Madison Porter">J. Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wilkins_(American_politician)" title="William Wilkins (American politician)">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Marcy" title="William L. Marcy">Marcy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Crawford" title="George W. Crawford">G. Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Magill_Conrad" title="Charles Magill Conrad">Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">J. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Floyd" title="John B. Floyd">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Holt" title="Joseph Holt">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">S. Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Stanton" title="Edwin Stanton">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schofield" title="John Schofield">Schofield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Aaron_Rawlins" title="John Aaron Rawlins">Rawlins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Belknap" title="William W. Belknap">Belknap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphonso_Taft" title="Alphonso Taft">A. Taft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._McCrary" title="George W. McCrary">McCrary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ramsey" title="Alexander Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Todd_Lincoln" title="Robert Todd Lincoln">R. Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Crowninshield_Endicott" title="William Crowninshield Endicott">Endicott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield_Proctor" title="Redfield Proctor">Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_B._Elkins" title="Stephen B. Elkins">Elkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_S._Lamont" title="Daniel S. Lamont">Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_A._Alger" title="Russell A. Alger">Alger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elihu_Root" title="Elihu Root">Root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">W. Taft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Edward_Wright" title="Luke Edward Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_M._Dickinson" title="Jacob M. Dickinson">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Stimson" title="Henry L. Stimson">Stimson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindley_Miller_Garrison" title="Lindley Miller Garrison">Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_D._Baker" title="Newton D. Baker">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Weeks" title="John W. Weeks">Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_F._Davis" title="Dwight F. Davis">D. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_William_Good" class="mw-redirect" title="James William Good">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Hurley" title="Patrick J. Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dern" title="George Dern">Dern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hines_Woodring" title="Harry Hines Woodring">Woodring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Stimson" title="Henry L. Stimson">Stimson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Patterson" title="Robert P. Patterson">Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Claiborne_Royall" title="Kenneth Claiborne Royall">Royall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Assistant Secretary of War">Assistant secretaries<br />of war</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Scott" title="Thomas A. Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_H._Watson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter H. 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Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Doe" title="Joseph Doe">Doe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_de_Rue_Meiklejohn" title="George de Rue Meiklejohn">Meiklejohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cary_Sanger" title="William Cary Sanger">Sanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_Oliver" title="Robert Shaw Oliver">Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Skillman_Breckinridge" title="Henry Skillman Breckinridge">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Moulton_Ingraham" title="William Moulton Ingraham">Ingraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Crowell" title="Benedict Crowell">Crowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reid_Williams" title="William Reid Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Mayhew_Wainwright" title="J. Mayhew Wainwright">Wainwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_F._Davis" title="Dwight F. Davis">D. 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Patterson">Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Claiborne_Royall" title="Kenneth Claiborne Royall">Royall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Draper_Jr." title="William Henry Draper Jr.">Draper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg/160px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><br /><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_the_United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_the_United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_the_United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War.svg/160px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_War.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="141" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department<br />of the Army</a><br />(1947–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretaries<br />of the Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Claiborne_Royall" title="Kenneth Claiborne Royall">Royall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Gray_(politician)" title="Gordon Gray (politician)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pace" title="Frank Pace">Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Stevens" title="Robert T. 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