branch death_date allegiance birth_date signature term_end restingplace death_place preceded battles order term_start rank image name succeeded birth_place office article_title
23px continental army -lrb- 1775 -- 1783 -rrb- usa -lrb- 1791 british -- 1792 -rrb- army -lrb- 1757 -- 1762 -rrb- 23px 31 august 1818 kingdom of great britain united states 1777 23 march 1737 arthur st clair signature.svg november 22 , 1802 november 4 , 1787 st. clair park , greensburg greensburg , pennsylvania new office nathaniel gorham french northwest indian war and indian war , american revolutionary war , 1st july 15 , 1788 february 2 , 1787 lieutenant -lrb- uk -rrb- major general -lrb- usa -rrb- arthurstclairofficialportrait-restored . jpg arthur st. clair ii charles willing byrd cyrus griffin thurso , caithness , scotland governor congress of the northwest territory president of the continental arthur st. clair

arthur st. clair

arthur st. clair -lrb- -- august 31 , 1818 -rrb- was an american soldier and politician .
born in scotland , he served in the british army during the french and indian war before settling in pennsylvania , where he held local office .
during the american revolutionary war , he rose to the rank of major general in the continental army , but lost his command after a controversial retreat from fort ticonderoga .
after the war , he served as president of the continental congress , which during his term passed the northwest ordinance .
he was then made governor of the northwest territory in 1788 , and then the portion that would become ohio in 1800 .
in 1791 , st. clair commanded the american forces in what was the united states 's worst ever defeat against the american indians .
politically out-of-step with the jefferson administration , he was replaced as governor in 1802 .
