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4 days ago · And he pleaded with officials in Washington and with Secretary Eustis for help in defending it. He had even expressed his concerns to a fellow Virginian, President James Madison. Eustis told Barbour that President Madison was acutely aware of Virginia’s vulnerability and told him that a company of regulars would soon be marching toward Norfolk.
2 days ago · In his absence, Harrison was authorized by Secretary of War William Eustis to organize an armed force for an expedition of the boundary between Vincennes and Prophetstown. Harrison’s army ...
3 days ago · While Hull was in Washington, Secretary of War William Eustis informed him that President Madison wished to appoint him a Brigadier General in command of the new Army of the Northwest. Hull, then nearly 60 years old, expressed his disinterest in a new military commission, and a Colonel Kingsbury was selected to lead the force instead.
2 days ago · After the resignation of Secretary of War William Eustis, Madison asked Monroe to serve in dual roles as Secretary of State and Secretary of War, but opposition from the Senate limited Monroe to serving as acting Secretary of War until Brigadier General John Armstrong won Senate confirmation. [72]
1 day ago · The 1824 United States presidential election was the tenth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Tuesday, October 26 to Thursday, December 2, 1824. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William Crawford were the primary contenders for the presidency.
2 days ago · William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history.
5 days ago · house of Normandy, English royal dynasty that provided three kings of England: William I the Conqueror (reigned 1066–87) and his sons, William II Rufus (reigned 1087–1100) and Henry I Beauclerc (reigned 1100–35).
