Winthrop Sargent

Winthrop Sargent
portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Governor of Mississippi Territory
In office
May 7, 1798 – May 25, 1801
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWilliam C. C. Claiborne
Secretary of Northwest Territory
In office
July 9, 1788 – May 31, 1798
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Harrison
Adjutant General of the U. S. Army
(Acting)
In office
September 4, 1791 – November 4, 1791
Preceded byJohn Pratt (Acting)
Succeeded byEbenezer Denny (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1753-05-01)May 1, 1753
Gloucester, Massachusetts
DiedJune 3, 1820(1820-06-03) (aged 67)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Political partyFederalist
Spouse(s)
Roewena Tupper
(m. 1789; died 1790)

Mary McIntosh Williams
RelationsJudith Sargent Murray (sister)
Benjamin Tupper (father-in-law)
Paul Dudley Sargent (uncle)
Parent(s)Winthrop Sargent
Judith Saunders
Alma materHarvard College

Winthrop Sargent (May 1, 1753 – June 3, 1820) was a United States patriot, politician, and writer; and a member of the Federalist party.[1]

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