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33-498: John Paterson may refer to: Politics [ edit ] John Paterson (New York politician) (1744–1808), American soldier and politician John E. Paterson (1800–?), New York politician John Paterson (Cape politician) (1822–1880), politician and businessman of the Cape Colony John Paterson (Australian politician) (1831–1871), Australian politician in

66-514: A brigade of Horatio Gates ' army, consisting of the 10th , 11th , 12th , and 14th Massachusetts Regiments , and the 1st Berkshire County Militia Regiment . Paterson served under George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. He served primarily in the Hudson Valley of New York until the end of the war. In September 1783, he received promotion to major general , and he

99-591: A brigadier general and below a lieutenant general . The pay grade of major general is O-8. It is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other United States uniformed services which use naval ranks . It is abbreviated as MG in the Army, MajGen in the Marine Corps, and Maj Gen in the Air Force and Space Force. Major general is the highest permanent peacetime rank that can be conferred upon

132-471: A commissioned officer in the uniformed services (except when General of the Army & General of the Air Force have been authorized and granted by Congress) as higher ranks are technically temporary and linked to specific positions, although virtually all officers promoted to those ranks are approved to retire at their highest earned rank. A major general typically commands division -sized units of 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers. The Civil Air Patrol also uses

165-462: A list of officers it recommends for promotion to general rank. This list is then sent to the service secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for review before it can be sent to the president , through the secretary of defense for consideration. The President nominates officers to be promoted from this list with the advice of the secretary of defense, the service secretary, and if applicable,

198-589: A man in order to join the Continental Army . Rather than reprimand her, as had often been the case with women discovered in the ranks, Paterson provided her with a certificate of honorable discharge, a note with words of encouragement, and money sufficient to pay for travel to her home in Massachusetts. In January 1783, Paterson took part in the organizational meeting that created the Society of

231-646: A newly-organized town in Tioga County. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1793 . The area of Lisle where Paterson settled was later organized as the town of Triangle ; the site of his home and farm was in what is now the village of Whitney Point . In 1798, Paterson was appointed judge of the Tioga County Court, and he served until 1806. When Broome County was organized separately from Tioga in 1806, Paterson

264-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Paterson (New York politician) John Paterson (often spelled Patterson ) (1744 – July 19, 1808) was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution , and a U.S. Congressman from New York. Paterson was born in 1744 in either Farmington or New Britain in

297-628: The Boston Port Act . When the governor dissolved the legislature as pre-revolution tensions continued to rise, the people of Massachusetts formed a provincial Congress. Paterson was elected as Lenox's representative in both 1774 and 1775. When the American Revolution began in April 1775 Paterson was commissioned as a colonel by the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, and he marched with his militia unit to take part in

330-671: The Connecticut Colony . His mother was Ruth (Bird) Paterson, and his father Colonel John Paterson (1708–1762), was a militia veteran of the French and Indian War , who died during the Siege of Havana . He graduated from Yale College in 1762, studied law , attained admission to the bar, and practiced in New Britain. He was a justice of the peace in New Britain until 1774, when he moved to Lenox, Massachusetts . Paterson

363-650: The Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Army is a major general in the Army; the same rank is held by the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Air Force; the Army's Chief of Engineers is also appointed as a major general and thereafter promoted to lieutenant general. The United States Code also limits the total number of general officers that may be on the Reserve Active Status List (RASL) in

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396-689: The Royal Burgh Bakery John Paterson (architect) (died 1832), Scottish architect John Ford Paterson (1851–1912), Scottish–Australian artist John Johnstone Paterson (1886–1971), Hong Kong businessman and politician John Jardine Paterson (1920–2000), Scottish businessman John Ligertwood Paterson (1820-1882), Scottish medical doctor known for working in Bahia, Brazil Jack Paterson (born 1974), Canadian actor See also [ edit ] John Patterson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

429-674: The Siege of Boston . Paterson's command, the 1st Massachusetts Regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill . After the British evacuation of Boston, Paterson's regiment took part in the Invasion of Canada and the battles of Trenton and Princeton in New Jersey . On February 21, 1777 Paterson was promoted to brigadier general in the Continental Army . During the Saratoga Campaign of 1777 Paterson commanded

462-595: The Act of January 11, 1812, as preparations were being made for the War of 1812 . Major general has been a rank in the U.S. Army ever since. Until the American Civil War , major general was the highest rank that could be attained by an officer in the U.S. Army, though Winfield Scott had been given the brevet rank of lieutenant general in 1855. This was a consequence of the fact that at his death George Washington

495-624: The Cincinnati , and he was one of the society's charter members. After the war Paterson returned to Massachusetts, where he resumed practicing law, and also served in local offices including town meeting moderator , selectman, fence viewer , tax assessor, and highway surveyor. In addition, he was the leader of the successful movement to locate the Berkshire County seat in Lenox. (It was moved to Pittsfield in 1860.) In 1785, he

528-813: The New South Wales Legislative Assembly John Guthrie Paterson (1902–1986), Australian politician in the New South Wales Legislative Council Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1730–1782), British politician Religion [ edit ] John Paterson (bishop of Ross) (1604–1679), father of the archbishop of Glasgow John Paterson (archbishop of Glasgow) (1632–1708), Bishop of Galloway, Bishop of Edinburgh John Paterson (missionary) (1776–1855), Scottish missionary in Scandinavia and

561-586: The Reserve Component, which is defined in the case of general officers as the Army National Guard , Army Reserve , Marine Corps Reserve , Air National Guard , and Air Force Reserve . To be promoted to the permanent grade of major general, officers who are eligible for promotion to this rank are screened by an in-service promotion board composed of other general officers from their branch of service. This promotion board then generates

594-749: The Russian Empire John Paterson (priest) (1938–2005), Anglican Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin John Paterson (bishop of Auckland) (born 1945), bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland John M. K. Paterson (1922–2009), Scottish minister Sports [ edit ] John Paterson (footballer) (1897–1973), Scottish footballer Jock Paterson (1926–2000), Scottish footballer Jackie Paterson (1920–1966), Scottish boxer Other [ edit ] John Paterson, Scottish biscuit baker, founder of

627-655: The area of the Boston Patent. In 1802, Paterson was a successful Democratic-Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives . He served in the 8th United States Congress (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805), and was not a candidate for reelection in 1804. Paterson died in Lisle on July 19, 1808. He was originally interred at Riverside Cemetery in Whitney Point. In 1892 he

660-683: The disbanding of the Continental Army at the end of 1783 only one major general, Henry Knox , remained in service until his resignation in June 1784. The rank was revived on March 4, 1791, when Arthur St. Clair was appointed as major general in command of the U.S. Army. St. Clair was succeeded by Major General Anthony Wayne who commanded the Army (then named the Legion of the United States ) until his death on December 15, 1796. The rank

693-575: The month after their 64th birthday. The Continental Army was established on June 15, 1775, when the Continental Congress commissioned George Washington as a general and placed him in command of the Army of Observation then besieging Boston . The rank of major general was first established two days later on June 17, 1775, when two major generals were commissioned by Congress. Two more major generals were appointed on June 19. Following

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726-741: The rank held by the commandant was raised to major general. It remained the highest rank in the Marine Corps until January 20, 1942, when the rank held by the commandant was raised to lieutenant general. Given that the United States Air Force evolved from its predecessors, the United States Army Air Service , the United States Army Air Corps (1926–1941), and the United States Army Air Forces (1941–1947),

759-433: The rank of major general, which is its highest rank and is held only by its national commander . The United States Code explicitly limits the total number of general officers that may be on active duty at any given time. The total number of active duty general officers is capped at 231 for the Army, 62 for the Marine Corps, and 198 for the Air Force. Some of these slots are reserved or finitely set by statute. For example,

792-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Paterson&oldid=1191342382 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

825-478: The service's chief of staff or commandant. Other than voluntary retirement, statute sets a number of mandates for retirement of general officers (called flag officers in the Navy and Coast Guard ). All major generals must retire after five years in grade or 35 years of service, whichever is later, unless appointed for promotion or reappointed to grade to serve longer . Otherwise, all general officers must retire

858-603: Was again elected to represent Lenox in the state House of Representatives. In 1786, he was commissioned as a major general in the Massachusetts Militia, and assigned to command the militia's 9th Division. In 1786 and 1787, Paterson commanded militia units that took part in the quelling of Shays's Rebellion . In 1790, Paterson was one of the investors in the Boston Patent, a large land grant in Broome and Tioga Counties, New York. In 1791, he moved to Lisle ,

891-440: Was appointed judge of the new county's court. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Deborah Sampson published a memoir and made a lecture tour in which she gave presentations about her military service. Her tour took her to New York, and from November to December 1802, she visited Paterson in Lisle. While she stayed with Paterson, Sampson was able to take part in reunions with other former Massachusetts soldiers who had settled in

924-540: Was appointed lieutenant general on March 9, 1864, and took command of the Union forces, he used the three-star insignia formerly assigned to that position. There was no major general in the U.S. Marine Corps until Commandant Charles Heywood was specially promoted by Act of Congress in July 1902. From his retirement on October 3, 1903, brigadier general was again the highest rank in the Marine Corps until May 21, 1908, when

957-531: Was discharged in December 1783. Paterson was one of the last generals to leave active duty at the end of the war. While Paterson served in New York in 1782 and 1783, his personal staff included Private Robert Shirtliff of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment , who served as a waiter. Shirtliff (also spelled Shirtliffe or Shurtleff) was later revealed to be Deborah Sampson , a woman who had disguised herself as

990-576: Was elected to the Lenox board of selectmen and as a town assessor . The town's proprietor's also chose him to serve as their clerk, which required him to maintain records of land transactions and ownership. He was elected to represent Lenox in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in both 1774 and 1775. He also represented Lenox at the 1774 Berkshire Convention, held in Stockbridge, Massachusetts to discuss how to respond to

1023-557: Was officially listed as holding the rank of lieutenant general, rather than full general , and it was regarded as improper for an officer to hold a rank equal to or superior to Washington's. To address this anomaly, Washington was posthumously promoted by Congress to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States in 1976. The position of Major General Commanding the Army was entitled to wear three stars according to General Order No. 6 of March 13, 1861. When Ulysses S. Grant

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1056-491: Was reburied at Church on the Hill Cemetery in Lenox, Massachusetts. In 1766, Paterson married Elizabeth Lee. They were the parents of seven children, including: Congressman Thomas J. Paterson (1805–1885) and State Senator John E. Paterson (born 1800) were Paterson's grandsons. Scientist and academic Thomas Egleston was his great-grandson. Major general (United States) A major general ranks above

1089-477: Was revived on July 19, 1798, when Alexander Hamilton and Charles C. Pinckney were commissioned as major generals during the Quasi War with France. The expanded Army was demobilized on June 15, 1800, when it was reduced to only four regiments of infantry and two of artillery commanded by a brigadier general. The rank of major general was abolished in the U.S. Army by the Act of March 16, 1802, and restored by

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