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Dec. 10, 2023

SATT 025.2 - John Armstrong Jr Part Two

SATT 025.2 - John Armstrong Jr Part Two

Tenure of Office: February 5, 1813 - September 27, 1814

When Armstrong assumed office in 1813, he found a War Department facing serious challenges. Would Madison's fifth choice for the post be the person who could turn the American war effort around? Join me and my special guests, Eric and Matt from the Ranking '76 Podcast, as we explore Armstrong's Cabinet tenure as well as his later life and determine whether the legacy that he left behind earns him a seat at the table of the Cabinet All-Stars.

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Seat At The Table

Special thanks to Eric and Matt from the Ranking '76 Podcast for joining me for this episode!

Sources Utilized:

  • "Armstrong, John, Jr. 1758-1843." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000282. [Last Accessed: 11 Dec 2023]
  • "John Armstrong Jr." Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6653356/john-armstrong. [Last Accessed: 11 Dec 2023]
  • Madison, James. "To John Armstrong, 14 January 1813,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0489. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 10 July 1812–7 February 1813, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jewel L. Spangler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. 576.] [Last Accessed: 12 Dec 2023]
  • Madison, James. "To John Armstrong, 4 August 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0084. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 85.] [Last Accessed: 11 Dec 2023]
  • Madison, James. "To John Armstrong, 13 August 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0101. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, pp. 98–101.] [Last Accessed: 11 Dec 2023]
  • Skeen, C Edward. John Armstrong, Jr. 1758-1843: A Biography. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1981.

Featured Image: "John Armstrong, Jr" by Daniel Huntington after John Vanderlyn [c. 1873], courtesy of Wikipedia.

Eric and Matt