David H. Armstrong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1812
Place of Birth: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of Death: 18-Mar-1893
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About David H. Armstrong
- David Hartley Armstrong (October 21, 1812 – March 18, 1893) was a United States Senator from Missouri.
- Born in Nova Scotia, British Canada, he attended Maine Wesleyan Seminary and taught school in New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1833 to 1837.
- He moved to St.
- Louis, Missouri in 1837, and then to Lebanon, Illinois, where he taught at McKendree University.
- He returned to Missouri and was principal of the public school at Benton 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 of police commissioners from 1873 to 1876. Armstrong served as a member of the board of freeholders which framed the charter of St.
- Louis in 1876, and was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S.
- Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis 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 in Bellefontaine 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 the St.
- Louis General strike.
- He reportedly yelled from a shady side of the street for his policemen to "Ride 'em down!".
- (Burbank 1966, p.
- 143)
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.05144. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH832- 30758 <P&P>[P&P]
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| Description | American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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| Alternative names | Levin C. Handy | ||
| Description | American photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 10 August 1855 | 26 March 1932 / 23 March 1932 | |
| Location of birth/death | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | |
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.05144. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH832- 30758 <P&P>[P&P]
License: PD-Brady-Handy
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