OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 16, 1753; 
Ballymena, Ireland

DIED:
May 3, 1816;
Baltimore, Maryland

EDUCATION:
Newark Academy (Delaware)
Studied Medicine under Dr. Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia, PA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Surgeon, Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion
Secretary to General George Washington (1778-1780)
Staff of General Lafayette (1780)
PA State Senate (1781-1786)
Continental Congress (1783-1785)
Secretary of War (1796-1800)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Army
Mount Vernon
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
The Life and Correspondence