Henry Dearborn

Henry Dearborn
5th United States Secretary of War
In office March 5, 1801 – March 4, 1809
President	Thomas Jefferson
Preceded by	Samuel Dexter
Succeeded by	William Eustis
Personal details
Born	February 23, 1751 North Hampton, New Hampshire
Died	June 6, 1829 Roxbury, Massachusetts

Henry Dearborn (February 23, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was an 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 and Fourth Congresses (1793-1797). In 1801, President Thomas Jefferson appointed him 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.