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About James Armstrong
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON. DAR Ancestor # A003109
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James Armstrong (August 29, 1748 – May 6, 1828) was an American physician and politician.
He 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. He served as a medical officer during the American Revolutionary War, and is sometimes confused with several other James Armstrongs in the war. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1795.
US Congressman. During his educational years he attended the Philadelphia Academy and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton). He studied medicine at Doctor John Morgan's School in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1769. He moved to Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and established a medical practice. During the Revolutionary War he served as a medical officer. After the war he went to England for three years to further his medical studies and returned to Carlisle in 1788. His next move was to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania where he practiced medicine for twelve years and was appointed as an associate judge. In 1792 he was elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the Third Congress, serving from March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1795 and was not a candidate for reelection. He returned to Carlisle and the practice of medicine and was again appointed associate judge of the Cumberland County Court in 1808 and served as such until his death.
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James Armstrong's Timeline
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August 29, 1748
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Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1790
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Pennsylvania
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1792
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Pennsylvania
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1794
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Pennsylvania, United States
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1796
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Cumberland, PA
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January 17, 1798
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Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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1800
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Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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February 14, 1801
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Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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1803
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Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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