James Armstrong
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James Armstrong may refer to:
- James Armstrong (Georgia)James Armstrong (Georgia)James Armstrong is chiefly notable as being the recipient of an electoral vote in the United States presidential election of 1789 in which George Washington became President. Armstrong served in the American Revolutionary War as a major. After the war, he settled in Camden County, Georgia, where...
(c. 1728–1800), Georgia politician and candidate in the United States presidential election of 1789 - James Armstrong (Pennsylvania)James Armstrong (Pennsylvania)James Armstrong was an American physician and politician.Armstrong was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the son of Brigadier General John Armstrong and the brother of John Armstrong, Jr., who became the U.S. Secretary of War...
(1748–1828), American Revolutionary War physician, United States congressman - James Francis ArmstrongJames Francis ArmstrongJames Francis Armstrong was a chaplain from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War and a Presbyterian minister for 30 years in Trenton, New Jersey....
(1750–1816), American Revolutionary War chaplain, New Jersey Presbyterian minister - James Armstrong (Unitarian minister)James Armstrong (Unitarian minister)-Life:Armstrong was born in 1780 at Ballynahinch, county Down. He was the son of John Armstrong, who married a daughter of Rev. John Strong, for thirty-six years presbyterian minister of Ballynahinch. He was a descendant of John Livingstone, of Killinchy, one of the founders of Irish presbyterianism...
(1780–1839), Irish Unitarian minister - James Rogers ArmstrongJames Rogers ArmstrongJames Rogers Armstrong was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Dorchester in Quebec in 1787, he was a grandson of Loyalist, Col. James Rogers...
(1787–1873), manufacturer and political figure in Upper Canada - James Armstrong (Commodore)James Armstrong (Commodore)Commodore James Armstrong was an officer in the United States Navy.Armstrong joined the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1809 and served on the sloop-of-war Frolic when it was seized by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812...
(1794–1868), American naval officer in the Civil War - James Sherrard ArmstrongJames Sherrard ArmstrongJames Shearer Armstrong was a Canadian lawyer, jurist, and landowner from Quebec. From 1871, he served as the Chief Justice for the colony of St. Lucia and in 1880, he was additionally appointed Chief Justice of Tobago...
(1821–1888), Canadian lawyer and British colonial jurist - James Armstrong (politician)James Armstrong (politician)James Armstrong was a Canadian politician and farmer. He ran for election in 1875 and lost. He was elected in 1882 as a Member of the Liberal representing the riding of Middlesex South. He was re-elected in 1887 and 1891. He ran in the federal election of 1875 in the riding of Middlesex East and...
(1830–1893), Canadian MP from Ontario - James Armstrong (footballer)James Armstrong (footballer)James Armstrong, –1966) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.-References:...
(1892–1966), professional footballer in England - James Armstrong (musician)James Armstrong (musician)James Armstrong is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released three albums to date on HighTone Records...
(born 1957), American blues guitarist and singer - James Armstrong (Texas politician)
- James Armstrong (soccer) (died 1952), American soccer player and coach
- James Isbell ArmstrongJames Isbell ArmstrongJames Isbell Armstrong is President Emeritus of Middlebury College. Armstrong was appointed as Middlebury's 12th president in 1963 and served until 1975. Armstrong graduated from Princeton University in 1941 and completed his Ph.D. there in 1949...
(fl. 1960s), President Emeritus of Middlebury College
See also
- Jim Armstrong (disambiguation) for those known as Jim or Jimmy
- Arthur James ArmstrongArthur James ArmstrongArthur James Armstrong was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1968 to become the youngest United Methodist bishop in the United States at the age of 44.He was the son and grandson of Methodist Preachers...
(fl. 1970s) former bishop of the United Methodist Church