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			Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
			
			 
			
	
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		Armstrong, William
    Armstrong, William, a Representative from Virginia; born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, December 23, 1782; immigrated to the United States in 1792 with his parents, who settled in Virginia; studied law in Winchester; United States tax collector in 1818 and 1819; member of the State house of delegates in 1822 and 1823; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Monroe and Tompkins in 1820, and of Crawford and Macon in 1824; elected to the Nineteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833); engaged in the tavern business in Romney, W. Va., until 1862; died in Keyser, W. Va., May 10, 1865; interment in Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, W. Va. 
	 
	
	
		
			
	
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								Chicago: 
								U.S. Congress, "Armstrong, William," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in  U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.789 Original Sources, accessed November 4, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GNQI4X7NI5UBLFL.
								
							 
							
								MLA: 
								U.S. Congress. "Armstrong, William." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in  U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.789, Original Sources. 4 Nov. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GNQI4X7NI5UBLFL.
								
							 
							
								Harvard: 
								U.S. Congress, 'Armstrong, William' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.789. Original Sources, retrieved 4 November 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GNQI4X7NI5UBLFL.
								
							 
						 
					 
				 
				
			
	 
	
 
	
	
	
						
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