William H. Armstrong

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(September 7, 1824 — May 14, 1919) William Hepburn Armstrong was a businessman, lawyer, and public servant. Armstrong was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1824. He graduated from Princeton in 1847 and studied law. In 1860 and 1861, Armstrong served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. Later, he was commissioned president judge of the twenty-sixth judicial circuit of Pennsylvania, but declined the commission. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. After serving in Congress, Armstrong continued practicing law in Washington, D. C., and Philadelphia until he retired in 1898. For the last twenty years of his life, he actively worked in business. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000285]

Member of Pennsylvania Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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