John Armstrong Jr.
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American politician (1758-1843)
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John Armstrong Jr. was an American politician, diplomat, writer, and soldier. Born in Carlisle on November 25, 1758, he served in the Continental Army, achieving the rank of general. He was educated at Princeton University and spoke English. Armstrong was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party and worked in Washington, D.C.
He held several significant positions, including United States Secretary of War, United States Senator, United States Ambassador to France, and United States Ambassador to Spain. As a writer, he produced works such as *Documents*, *Life of Anthone Wayne*, *Letters addressed to the army of the United States in the year 1783*, *A key to the Western calculator*, and *National intelligencer-- extra*. He died in Red Hook on April 1, 1843.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 25 Nov 1758
- Died
- 1 Apr 1843
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Documents
- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the unsettled accounts in the offices of the accountant of the War Department and the paymaster of the army, &c., in obedience to a resolution of the thirtieth July last
- Life of Anthone Wayne
- Letters addressed to the army of the United States in the year 1783
- A key to the Western calculator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Armstrong
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Carlisle
- Place of death
- Red Hook
- Father
- John Armstrong
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- United States Ambassador to Spain
- Educated at
- Princeton University
- Political party
- Democratic-Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- Continental Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- John Armstrong, Jr..jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Commons category
- John Armstrong, Jr.
- date of birth
- 1758-01-01
- date of death
- 1843-01-01
- name in native language
- John Armstrong
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to John Armstrong Jr., held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
