St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818
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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 1736, o.s.)
St. Clair (1734-1818) was appointed the first Governor of the Northwest Territories in 1788. No information is available on Maper and Goodan, who probably were lawyers.
St. Clair was a Revolutionary War general, president of the Continental Congress, and governor of the Northwest Territory.
Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, army officer, and governor of the Northwest Territory.
American Revolutionary soldier and politician.
Soldier, first governor of the Northwest Territory.
Arthur St. Clair was born in Scotland in 1734. He came to America as part of the British Army in 1758. He settled in western Pennsylvania and became an important and respected figure. He joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and achieved the rank of Brigadier General. Following the War he was appointed Governor of the Northwest Territory. He led the disastrous expedition to the Wabash River in 1791 which resulted in the defeat of the American army at the hands of a confederation of Indians. He died in 1818 at his home, the Hermitage, in Ligonier.
Soldier, Pennsylvania political leader, and Governor of the Northwest Territory.
Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818) was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Seven Years' War before settling in Pennsylvania. St. Clair then served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was elected to a one-year term as President of the Continental Congress in 1787 before being appointed Governor of the Northwest Territory in 1788.
Arthur St. Clair (23 Mar. 1737-31 Aug. 1818), politician and soldier, was born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He emigrated to America where he received a commission as lieutenant during the French and Indian War and later as a major general in the American Revolution. After the war he held several positions in Pennsylvania state government, then reluctantly accepted congressional appointment as the first governor of the Northwest Territory. Politically and financially bankrupt by 1802, St. Clair returned to his home "The Hermitage," at Chestnut Ridge, Pa., in the Ligonier Valley where he died.
Arthur St. Clair served as governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787-1802. He directed military operations against Indians and opposed statehood for Ohio. St. Clair was removed from office in 1802 and died in 1812.
Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, army officer, and governor of Northwest Territory.
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