# James McHenry

> James McHenry was an Scots-Irish American military surgeon, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland, initiated the recommendation for Congress to form the Navy, and was the eponym of Fort McHenry. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress. He was a delegate to the Maryland State Convention of 1788, to vote whether Maryland should ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1796 to 1800, bridging the administrations of George Washington and John Adams. At the time of his death, McHenry owned 10 slaves, most of whom either worked as household servants or maintained his estate.

*American politician (1753-1816)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-mchenry

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1753-11-16
- **Died:** 1816-05-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 18.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [جيمس ماك هنري](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A)
- [جیمز مچنری](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DA%86%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C)
- [James McHenry](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [James McHenry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [James McHenry](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [James McHenry](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [جیمز مک‌هنری](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C)
- [James McHenry](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [ג'יימס מקהנרי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99)
- [James McHenry (politico)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry_(politico))
- [ジェイムズ・マクヘンリー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC)
- [ჯეიმზ მაკჰენრი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%96_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98)
- [제임스 맥헨리](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A7%A5%ED%97%A8%EB%A6%AC)
- [Iacobus McHenry](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_McHenry)
- [James McHenry](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [James McHenry](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [James McHenry](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [Мак-Генри, Джеймс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81)
- [James McHenry](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry)
- [Джеймс Макгенрі](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96)
- [詹姆斯·麦克亨利](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E5%85%8B%E4%BA%A8%E5%88%A9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266119)

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