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1841 portrait of John Armstrong Jr., who served in the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention, was a senator from New York and secretary of war under James Madison. (New York Public Library/ Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
1841 portrait of John Armstrong Jr., who served in the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention, was a senator from New York and secretary of war under James Madison. (New York Public Library/ Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)