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.