David Hartley Armstrong | |
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| United States Senator fromMissouri | |
| In office September 29, 1877 – January 26, 1879 | |
| Appointed by | John S. Phelps |
| Preceded by | Lewis V. Bogy |
| Succeeded by | James Shields |
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| Born | (1812-10-21)October 21, 1812 |
| Died | March 18, 1893(1893-03-18) (aged 80) |
| Party | Democratic |
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David Hartley Armstrong (October 21, 1812 – March 18, 1893) was aUnited States senator fromMissouri.
Born inNova Scotia,British Canada, he attendedMaine Wesleyan Seminary and taught school inNew Bedford, Massachusetts from 1833 to 1837. He moved toSt. Louis, Missouri in 1837, and then toLebanon, Illinois, where he taught at McKendree College (nowMcKendree University). He returned to Missouri and was principal of the public school atBenton from 1838 to 1847,comptroller of St. Louis from 1847 to 1850,postmaster of St. Louis from 1854 to 1858 and a member of the board ofpolice commissioners from 1873 to 1876.
Armstrong served as a member of the board offreeholders which framed the charter of St. Louis in 1876, and was appointed as aDemocrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofLewis V. Bogy, serving from September 29, 1877, to January 26, 1879, when a successor was elected and qualified. Armstrong was not a candidate for reelection in 1879; and in 1893 died in St. Louis. Interment was inBellefontaine Cemetery.
Armstrong was Vice President of the St. Louis Board and helped command the July 27, 1877 cavalry attack on the strikers outside Schuler Hall, the headquarters of the Executive Committee coordinating theSt. Louis General strike. He reportedly yelled from a shady side of the street for his policemen to "Ride 'em down!".[1]
"Armstrong, David Hartley".The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. 1906. p. 137.| U.S. Senate | ||
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Missouri 1877–1879 Served alongside:Francis M. Cockrell | Succeeded by |
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