What is Henry Dearborn?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name = Henry Dearborn | image = Gilbert Stuart - Major-General Henry Dearborn - 1913.793 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg | order = 5th | title = [[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start = March 5, 1801 | term_end = March 4, 1809 | president = [[Thomas Jefferson]] | predecessor = [[Samuel Dexter]] | successor = [[William Eustis]] | birth_date = February 23, 1751 | birth_place = [[North Hampton, New Hampshire]] | death_date = June 6, 1829 | death_place = [[Roxbury, Massachusetts]] | party = | spouse = | profession = }} '''Henry Dearborn''' (February 23, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was an [[Americans|American]] [[physician]], and [[statesman]]. He was a [[veteran]] of both the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the [[War of 1812]]. He represented this district as a [[Democratic-Republican]] in the [[Third United States Congress|Third]] and [[Fourth United States Congress|Fourth Congresses]] (1793-1797). In 1801, President [[Thomas Jefferson]] appointed him [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]], a post he held for eight years until March 7, 1809. == Legacy == In 1803, [[Lewis and Clark]] named the [[Dearborn River]] in west-central [[Montana]] after Dearborn. [[Dearborn County, Indiana]], [[Dearborn, Michigan]] and [[Dearborn, Missouri]] were also named for him, as was [[Fort Dearborn]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. His son, [[Henry A. S. Dearborn]], was a Congressman in 1831-1833. {{USSecWar}} {{Jefferson cabinet}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dearborn, Henry}} [[Category:1751 births]] [[Category:1829 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from New Hampshire]] [[Category:United States representatives from Massachusetts]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of War]] [[Category:Dearborn, Michigan]]