Arthur St. Clair

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American Revolutionary War general Continental Army officer governor human politician

Arthur St. Clair was an American Revolutionary War general and early U.S. political leader who served as governor of the Northwest Territory and played a major role in the young nation’s western expansion.

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Label	Occurrences
Arthur St. Clair canonical	28
Major General Arthur St. Clair	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War general ⓘ Continental Army officer ⓘ governor ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
allegiance	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ George Washington ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1737-03-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1818-08-31 ⓘ
education	studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer	British Army ⓘ Continental Congress ⓘ
familyName	St. Clair ⓘ
givenName	Arthur ⓘ
knownFor	governing and organizing the Northwest Territory ⓘ role in early westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ
militaryConflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War
militaryRank	major general ⓘ
notableEvent	commanded American forces in the 1791 campaign against Native Americans known as St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ ordered evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777 ⓘ
notableWork	service as governor of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
numberOfChildren	at least 7 ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Princeton ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ Northwest Indian War ⓘ Saratoga campaign ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Thurso, Caithness, Scotland ⓘ
placeOfBurial	St. Clair Park, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander of the Western Department of the Continental Army ⓘ Governor of the Northwest Territory ⓘ Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Major General in the Continental Army ⓘ Member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council ⓘ President of the Continental Congress ⓘ
residence	Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
spouse	Phoebe Bayard ⓘ
termEnd	as Governor of the Northwest Territory: 1802-11-22 ⓘ as President of the Continental Congress: 1787-11-04 ⓘ
termStart	as Governor of the Northwest Territory: 1788-07-15 ⓘ as President of the Continental Congress: 1787-02-02 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian War → commander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair County, Alabama → namedAfter → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

President of the Continental Congress → officeHolder → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) → commander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) → garrisonCommander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → officeHeldBy → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → hasGovernor → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

United States in Congress Assembled → notablePresidingOfficer → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Harmar → negotiatedBy → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Little Turtle's War → hasCommanderForSide → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Battle of the Wabash → commander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Battle of the Wabash → U.S. commander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair County, Michigan → namedAfter → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Northwest Territory → governor → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair County → namedFor → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Clair County, Alabama

St. Clair County, Missouri → namedAfter → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Northern Department of the Continental Army → hasCommander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair County, Illinois → namedAfter → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair Park, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States → namedAfter → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair Park, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States → containsGraveOf → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair Park, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States → commemorates → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Governor of the Northwest Territory → firstHolder → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Governor of the Northwest Territory → officeHolder → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, United States → historicallyAssociatedWith → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

subject surface form: Ligonier Valley

Phoebe Bayard → spouse → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair → hasNotableBearer → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

Western Confederacy → opponentCommander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair's campaign, 1791 → commander → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair's campaign, 1791 → commandedBy → Arthur St. Clair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major General Arthur St. Clair