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It was but a few days, however, before he was ordered to headquarters and assigned to duty as Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, an event which marked the permanent termination of his medical practice. The relations which henceforth existed between the stern and reserved Washington and his brilliant and tactful young aid were cordial in the extreme. This happy relationship continued until 1780, when he was relieved from duty with the Commander-in-Chief and assigned nominally as aide-decamp but really as guide, philosopher and friend to the youthful and enthusiastic [[Marquis de Lafayette]], who had been commissioned as a Major General in the American establishment. In May 1781, Dr. McHenry was commissioned as Major to date from the preceding October.

It was but a few days, however, before he was ordered to headquarters and assigned to duty as Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, an event which marked the permanent termination of his medical practice. The relations which henceforth existed between the stern and reserved Washington and his brilliant and tactful young aid were cordial in the extreme. This happy relationship continued until 1780, when he was relieved from duty with the Commander-in-Chief and assigned nominally as aide-decamp but really as guide, philosopher and friend to the youthful and enthusiastic [[Marquis de Lafayette]], who had been commissioned as a Major General in the American establishment. In May 1781, Dr. McHenry was commissioned as Major to date from the preceding October.

In September, 1781, when still with la Fayette before the [[Battle of Yorktown]], McHenry was elected to the Maryland State Senate, an office which he held for the ensuing six years. Meanwhile he was also elected to Congress of which he was a member from 1783 to 1786. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1786; in 1788 and 1789 he was a member of the General Assembly; and from 1791 to 1795 he again represented his district in the State Senate.

In September, 1781, when still with la Fayette before the [[Battle of Yorktown]], McHenry was elected to the Maryland State Senate, an office which he held for the ensuing six years. Meanwhile he was also elected to Congress of which he was a member from 1783 to 1786. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1786, with other Maryland delegates [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]], [[Daniel Carroll]], [[John Francis Mercer]] and [[Luther Martin]]; in 1788 and 1789 he was a member of the General Assembly; and from 1791 to 1795 he again represented his district in the State Senate.

==Secretary of War==

==Secretary of War==