William Armstrong (Virginia)

William Armstrong ( born December 23, 1782 Lisburn, Ireland, † May 10 1865 in Keyser, West Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1833 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1792 was born in what is now Northern Ireland William Armstrong with his parents to the United States, where the family settled in Virginia. He studied law and worked in the years 1818 and 1819 as tax collectors. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In the 1820s he joined the movement against Andrew Jackson and later became a member of the National Republican Party. In the years 1822 and 1823 he sat in the House of Representatives from Virginia.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Armstrong in the 16th electoral district of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC was chosen, where he became the successor of Andrew Stevenson on March 4, 1825. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1833 four legislative sessions. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, William Armstrong operated in the catering industry in Romney, which fell to the state of West Virginia in 1863. He died on 10 May 1865 in Keyser and was buried in Romney.