Augustus L. Armstrong (March 29, 1833 – August 18, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician.
Armstrong was born in Milan, Ohio. He moved to Freeborn County, Minnesota in 1857. He lived in Albert Lea, Minnesota with his wife and family and was a lawyer. Armstrong served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1866 and 1869 and in the Minnesota Senate in 1867 and 1868. He then served in the United States Marshals Service for the District of Minnesota from 1869 to 1873. Armstrong died in Delavan, Wisconsin. [1]
Moses Kimball Armstrong was an American surveyor who served as a delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives.
Ezra Taft Benson was an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
George Maxwell Robeson was an American politician and lawyer from New Jersey. A brigadier general in the New Jersey Militia during the American Civil War, he served as Secretary of the Navy, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant, from 1869 to 1877. A member of the Republican Party, he also served two terms as a U.S. Representative for New Jersey from 1879 to 1883.
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Augustus is a masculine given name derived from Augustus, meaning "majestic," "the increaser," or "venerable". Many of its descended forms are August, Augusto, Auguste, Austin, Agustin and Augustine. The Greek translation of the title Augustus was Sebastos, from which the name Sebastian descends.
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