Moses K. Armstrong

Moses Kimball Armstrong ( born September 19, 1832 in Milan, Erie County, Ohio; † January 11, 1906 in Albert Lea, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the Dakota Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Moses Armstrong visited the Huron Institute and the Western Reserve College in Cleveland. In 1856, he moved in the Minnesota Territory. There he was entrusted with the land surveying in Mower County. His next task was the measurement of the Dakota Territory. Therefore he moved to Yankton in South Dakota today.

Political rise

In his new home, Armstrong was also politically active. He became a member of the Democratic Party. From 1861 to 1863 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Dakota Territory. In 1863 he was even President of the house. In 1864 he published the newspaper " Dakota Union " and in 1865 he was Secretary ( Clerk ) on the territory Supreme Court. From 1866 to 1877 Armstrong was a member and president of the territorial government temporarily Council. In 1867 he was also secretary of a commission that negotiated with the Indians on a peace treaty. As a surveyor Armstrong established the aligned to length and latitude boundaries of the administrative units in the south part of the Dakota Territory and in the area of the Red River valley. In 1869 he was again a member of the territorial Government Council.

Congress delegate

In the congressional elections of 1870 Armstrong was chosen as the successor of Solomon L. Spink as delegate of its territory in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. After a re-election in 1872 he was able to exercise this mandate between 4 March 1871, and March 3, 1875. As a delegate but he had no vote in Congress. After he lost the elections of 1874, he was forced to resign from the Republican Party is based at Jefferson P. Kidder.

After the end of his service in Congress Armstrong moved to Saint James in Watonwan County, Minnesota. There he worked in banking and real estate business. He died on January 11, 1906 and was buried in Minneapolis.