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Arthur St. Clair (* 23. März jul. / 3. April 1736 greg. in Thurso, Schottland; † 31. August 1818 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) war der neunte Präsident des Kontinentalkongresses unter den Konföderationsartikeln vom 2. Februar 1787 bis zum 29. Oktober 1787.
Major General Arthur St. Clair (March 23, 1737 [O.S. 1736] – August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-American soldier and politician. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office.
“St. Clair’s Massacre” stands as one of the worst defeats in American military history. Arthur St. Clair was condemned as “worse than a murderer” by President Washington and the massacre caused the first investigation of the executive branch under the new United States Constitution.
15. Sept. 2011 · Learn about the U.S. Army's disastrous expedition against native tribes in the Northwest Territory, led by Major General Arthur St. Clair. Find out how the campaign failed, what lessons were learned, and who were the key players and events.
20. Feb. 2024 · Arthur St. Clair was a Scottish-born officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served as President of the Confederation Congress and Governor of the Northwest Territory, where he faced Native American resistance.
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By the end of 1776, he was a brigadier general. St. Clair fought in the early Revolutionary War battles of Trenton and Princeton. In 1777, he was promoted to major general. In July, he abandoned Fort Ticonderoga and faced a court-martial.
Arthur St. Clair. The high point of Arthur St. Clair's long military career, which began when he was a young British officer in the French and Indian War, came when General George Washington visited his quarters in Trenton, New Jersey on the evening of January 2, 1777.
