제임스 맥헨리

소개

제임스 맥헨리(James McHenry, 1753년 11월 16일 - 1816년 5월 3일)는 미국의 정치인이다. 메릴랜드 대표로 대륙 회의에 참석했고, 미국 헌법에 서명했다. 또한 1796년에서 1800년까지 조지 워싱턴, 존 애덤스 두 대통령 휘하에서 제3대 미국 육군 장관을 지냈다.

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.