Orland K. Armstrong

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Orland Kay Armstrong (born October 2, 1893 in Willow Springs , Howell County , Missouri , †  April 15, 1987 in Springfield , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1953 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orland Armstrong attended Drury College in Springfield until 1916 . After that he worked as a teacher for a few months. During the First World War he served in the US Army Air Corps between 1917 and 1919 . He rose to the rank of first lieutenant. Between 1919 and 1920 he worked for the YMCA in France . After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ) and being admitted to the bar in 1922, he began to work in this profession. He also studied journalism at the University of Missouri at Columbia until 1925 . That year Armstrong founded the journalism faculty at the University of Florida at Gainesville , of which he was dean from 1925 to 1928. As a result, he mainly worked as a journalist. He wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.

Politically, Armstrong was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1932 and 1966 he participated as a delegate at most regional Republican party conventions in Missouri; in 1944 and 1952 he was also a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions . Between 1932 and 1936 and again from 1942 to 1944, Armstrong was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . He served on the editorial board of Reader's Digest from 1944 until his death in 1987 . In 1947 and 1948 he served on the staff of the US Senate Committee on Postal and Civil Service.

In the 1950 congressional election , Armstrong was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded George H. Christopher on January 3, 1951 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1952, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1953 . This was shaped by the events of the Cold War . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he largely withdrew from politics. In 1960 he supported Richard Nixon's presidential campaign against John F. Kennedy . He died in Springfield on April 15, 1987.

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SURNAME Armstrong, Orland K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armstrong, Orland Kay (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Willow Springs , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1987
Place of death Springfield , Missouri