* Conway Cabal, a 1777 – 78 conspiracy

He concocted a plot known as the Conway Cabal which separated Washington from Lafayette, one of Washington's firmest supporters.

Gates has been described as " one of the Revolution's most controversial military figures " because of his role in the Conway Cabal, which attempted to discredit and replace George Washington ; the battle at Saratoga ; and Gates's actions after his defeat at Camden.

When this letter was given to Washington it was assumed that Rush was part of a secret plot nicknamed the Conway Cabal to replace Washington with Horatio Gates as commander-in-chief.

The Conway Cabal refers to a series of events in late 1777 and early 1778 suggesting that George Washington be replaced as commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

* The Conway Cabal

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He became involved with the alleged Conway Cabal.

When his name was used politically, it was used to describe the infighting known as the Conway Cabal.

The promotion over more senior colonels caused an uproar among Continental officers, especially because Wilkinson's gossiping seemed to indicate he was a participant in the Conway Cabal, a conspiracy to replace George Washington with Horatio Gates as commander-in-chief.

After the Conway Cabal, he fought a duel with Thomas Conway in 1778 in which Cadwalader wounded his opponent with a shot in the mouth.

Previously, Wilkinson had been a member of the Conway Cabal against Washington and resigned from the army.

* Conway Cabal, an effort to remove George Washington as commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War

In the meantime, he traveled the country, and as professor Calvin Ledbetter, Jr., of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, points out in his book The Carpenter from Conway, Donaghey educated himself for the political office which awaited him ..

Born into a political family, Elias Nelson Conway was the younger brother of Henry Wharton Conway, who served as territorial delegate to several Congresses, and James Sevier Conway, who became the first governor of Arkansas when it was admitted as a state in 1836.

By 1827 Crittenden and his former friend, Henry Wharton Conway, a Territorial Representative, had come into conflict on political issues and finally had a duel.

Following political differences in 1825, Conway and Crittenden grew apart, publicizing their feud in newspapers.

Among other film roles, Conway played Crum Petree, the insane mailman in the 1988 film Funny Farm, Frank Papale in the fact-based 2006 Disney football drama Invincible and General Curtis LeMay in the 2000 political thriller Thirteen Days.

" Conway developed a reputation for throwing lavish cocktail parties and raising cash from a diverse group of celebrities, sportspeople, and political figures such as Henry Kissinger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, and Shaquille O ' Neal, which he then ploughed into start-ups.

In 1855, accompanied by political activist Martin F. Conway, he traveled through southern and western Kansas, speaking in favor of the free-state movement.

While living in Washington, during the fall of 1873, Conway had a violent confrontation with personal and political enemy, Samuel C. Pomeroy, the former U. S. senator from Kansas.

Washington castigated his critic, General Conway, as being capable of `` all the meanness of intrigue to gratify the absurd resentment of disappointed vanity ''.

Conway was long the home of the late Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice James D. Johnson ( d. 2010 ), who ran unsuccessful races for governor in 1956 against then fellow Democrat Orval Eugene Faubus and in 1966 against the Republican Winthrop Rockefeller.

Inside the state of Arkansas, the University of Arkansas has contiuned to maintain the policy of not competing against other in-state Division I schools There are now four other Division I schools in the state of Arkansas: Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

Goldsmith also pursued vendettas against other journalists who queried his methods, including Barbara Conway who wrote the Scrutineer column in the City pages of the Daily Telegraph.

He had a chance to get into the 2006 Royal Rumble, competing with Rob Conway and Gregory Helms against the Big Show in a Second Chance Battle Royal.

In an episode entitled " The Great Impersonation ," Mr. Parker is called upon to impersonate a famous British General ( Tim Conway in a dual role ) in Noumea, New Caledonia ( where he dodges assassins ) while the real general leads an invasion against Japanese forces.

This saw Conway defeat a jobber and Val Venis, while Grenier was defeated by both Val Venis and Chris Jericho before both men competed in a triple threat match ( against Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin for the title ), Benjamin won the match, not long after the La Résistance members began to argue and fight.

On April 3, 2006 Rene Duprée and Rob Conway teamed together in a dark match before Raw, in a losing effort against The Highlanders

In 2006, Conway finished best among all goalkeepers in MLS with a 1. 00 GAA ( goals against average ) and compiled a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 3 ties with 5 shutouts.

Conway made his debut for Toronto in the Canadian Championship against the Vancouver Whitecaps May, 19, 2010.

Like many others in the Peterson government, Conway opposed holding an early election in 1990 ( in fact, he would later reveal that sentiment in the party caucus was almost uniformly against an early trip to the polls ).

Original director Howard Hawks was also fired for refusing to testify against Tracy, and subsequently replaced by Jack Conway.

In 1651 she married Edward Conway, later 1st Earl of Conway, and in the following year More dedicated his book Antidote against Atheism to her.

On the March 14 episode of Raw, Jannetty returned for a one-time only reunion with his former tag team partner Shawn Michaels, once again billed as The Rockers and performing their traditional entrance with their original music, against La Résistance ( Sylvain Grenier and Rob Conway ).

He was a part of the Taboo Tuesday pay-per-view, where fans voted for him ( ahead of Kamala and Jim Duggan ) to team with Eugene against Rob Conway and Tyson Tomko.

Jordan ran against veteran Liberal MPP Sean Conway in the new riding of Renfrew — Nipissing — Pembroke in the 1999 provincial election, and lost by almost 6, 000 votes.

As of December 2006, Jones was one of five serving Marine Corps four-star general officers who outranked the current commandant of the Marine Corps ( General James T. Conway ) in terms of seniority and time in grade — the others being Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace ; former commandant Michael Hagee, commander of U. S. Strategic Command James E. Cartwright, and Assistant Commandant Robert Magnus.

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, wrote complaining to his friend and relative Henry Seymour Conway, then Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, that all the decorative painted glass had been blown out of his windows at Strawberry Hill.

After the 2005 General Election, Erith and Thamesmead is represented by a Labour Party MP while the remaining two seats were held by the Conservative Party ; although on 29 January 2008 the Conservative Party whip was withdrawn from Old Bexley and Sidcup's MP Derek Conway following alleged misuse of funds, leaving him as an Independent MP.

* Jack Conway ( politician ), Kentucky's current Attorney General

The town was named for General Henry Seymour Conway, a leader in the British House of Commons during repeal of the Stamp Act.

In 1789, proprietors of the Errol grant petitioned the General Court that towns between Conway and Errol be required to pay for " a good connecting road.

Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Commandant of the Marine Corps ( General James T. Conway ) in 2009.

" Kingston " was later changed to " Conwayborough ", for General Robert Conway.

In 1883, the General Assembly changed the name to the current name of Conway.

Sir Martin Conway, the Museum's first Director General, said that exhibits must ' be vitalised by contributions expressive of the action, the experiences, the valour and the endurance of individuals '.

The Battle of Newburn was fought on 28 August 1640 during the Second Bishops ' War between a Scottish Covenanter army led by General Alexander Leslie and English royalist forces commanded by Edward, Lord Conway.

Past honorees have included: Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz ( 2002 ), Senator Joe Lieberman ( 1997 ), Senator Max Cleland ( 2000 ), then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney ( 1991 ), all three Secretaries of the U. S. Armed Services ( 2001 ), Congresswoman Jane Harman and Congressman Jim Saxton ( 2003 ), Indiana Senator Evan Bayh ( 2004 ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace ( USMC ) ( 2005 ), Senator John McCain ( 2006 ), Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ( 2007 ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen ( 2008 ), and ( 2009 ) all five chiefs of the U. S. Armed Forces and the Commander of the U. S. Special Operations Command ( U. S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr .; U. S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway ; U. S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead ; Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen ; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz ; Commander of U. S. Special Operations Command U. S. Navy Adm. Eric T.

James Terry Conway ( born December 26, 1947 ) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star General who was the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps.

In the book The Iraq War, Conway was described as, " big, buff, well read and well educated ..... he represented all that was best about the new United States Marine Corps, which General Al Gray as the commandant had set up.

When Rush was serving as Surgeon General he sent an unsigned letter which quoted General Thomas Conway saying that if not for God's grace this war would have been lost by Washington and his weak counselors.

He stepped down as Commandant two months before the end of his four-year term, and was succeeded by General James T. Conway on November 13, 2006.

French-Irish General Thomas Conway, for whom the controversy was named

It was named after Brigadier General Thomas Conway, whose letters criticizing Washington were forwarded to the Second Continental Congress.

Conway ended up resigning from the army, and General Horatio Gates, a leading candidate to replace Washington, issued an apology for his role in the events.

General Conway had been appointed as Inspector General of the Army.

General Mifflin, a man Washington also distrusted, and to whom Conway had also expressed concerns over the army's leadership, informed Gates of what had transpired.