James Armstrong (politician, 1748)

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James Armstrong (born August 29, 1748 in Carlisle , Province of Pennsylvania , †  May 6, 1828 there ) was an American politician . Between 1793 and 1795 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Armstrong was the son of John Armstrong (1717-1795), who for Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress attended, and the older brother of John Armstrong Jr. (1758-1843), the US senator for the state New York , as well as US Secretary of War was . He attended the Philadelphia Academy and the College of New Jersey , which later became Princeton University . After a subsequent medical degree at the Dr. John Morgan's School and the University of Pennsylvania and his 1769 admission as a doctor, he began in Winchester ( Virginia ) to work in this profession. During the Revolutionary War Armstrong was in the medical service of the American armed forces. Between 1785 and 1788 he continued his medical studies in England . He then worked as a doctor in Mifflin County , Pennsylvania for twelve years . That included his time as a congressman. There he was also appointed judge.

Politically, Armstrong was close to the first federal government under President George Washington ( pro-administration faction ). In the Pennsylvania state-wide congressional elections of 1792 , he was elected for the eighth seat of his state in the US House of Representatives, which was still in Philadelphia at that time and to which he belonged from March 4, 1793. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1794, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1795 .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, James Armstrong practiced as a doctor in Carlisle. From 1808 until his death on May 6, 1828, he was a District Court judge in Cumberland County .

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SURNAME Armstrong, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Carlisle , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1828
Place of death Carlisle , Pennsylvania