Micajah Louis Armstrong
Full Name: Micajah Louis ArmstrongDate of birth: August 13, 1805
Date of death: June 13, 1893
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 11 | Feb 10, 1870 - Feb 19, 1870 | 12th (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) | Republican | Paris / Lamar | Fannin, Lamar | |
| H | 3 | Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 | 8th (8) | Paris / Lamar | Lamar |
(1) Paris is currently the county seat of Lamar County. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Armstrong qualified and took oath of office, 2/10/1870, p. 9. Resolution of the House, 2/16/1870, p. 36. Declared ineligible to serve under Reconstruction laws in report of Headquarters Military District on 2/19/1870, 2/21/1870, p. 45. House Journal. February 10, 1870 February 16, 1870 February 21, 1870
(3) Henry Van Noy, sworn 4/29/1870, succeeded Micajah L. Armstrong, sworn 2/16/1870 [sic], declared ineligible 2/19/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Paris, Lamar County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) "In each house the radicals had a slight majority over both Democrats and conservative Republicans. . .These made short work of the [election] contests; the radical contestants were seated in nearly every instance. Several of those who lost their seats were leading Hamilton Republicans, as A.J. Evans in the senate and M.L. Armstrong in the house. . .fn3, One case that seems particularly flagrant was the unseating of Nelson Plato (Dem.) of the Brownsville district," p. 289. Reconstruction in Texas, 1910.
(6) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(7) Fannin County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(8) [In late 1860 and early 1861] legislators Micajah Lewis Armstrong, John L. Haynes, and Robert H. Taylor mailed circulars to their constituencies defending their unpopular Unionist positions. They joined other Unionist legislators and convention delegates on February 6 in issuing an address entreating Texans to reject secession." "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 447. Journal of Southern History.
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House District 11
Feb 10, 1870 - Feb 19, 1870 Legislatures: 12th (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Party: Republican Home City/County: Paris / Lamar Counties in district: Fannin, Lamar |
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House District 3
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 Legislatures: 8th (8) Home City/County: Paris / Lamar Counties in district: Lamar |
(1) Paris is currently the county seat of Lamar County. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Armstrong qualified and took oath of office, 2/10/1870, p. 9. Resolution of the House, 2/16/1870, p. 36. Declared ineligible to serve under Reconstruction laws in report of Headquarters Military District on 2/19/1870, 2/21/1870, p. 45. House Journal. February 10, 1870 February 16, 1870 February 21, 1870
(3) Henry Van Noy, sworn 4/29/1870, succeeded Micajah L. Armstrong, sworn 2/16/1870 [sic], declared ineligible 2/19/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Paris, Lamar County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) "In each house the radicals had a slight majority over both Democrats and conservative Republicans. . .These made short work of the [election] contests; the radical contestants were seated in nearly every instance. Several of those who lost their seats were leading Hamilton Republicans, as A.J. Evans in the senate and M.L. Armstrong in the house. . .fn3, One case that seems particularly flagrant was the unseating of Nelson Plato (Dem.) of the Brownsville district," p. 289. Reconstruction in Texas, 1910.
(6) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(7) Fannin County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(8) [In late 1860 and early 1861] legislators Micajah Lewis Armstrong, John L. Haynes, and Robert H. Taylor mailed circulars to their constituencies defending their unpopular Unionist positions. They joined other Unionist legislators and convention delegates on February 6 in issuing an address entreating Texans to reject secession." "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 447. Journal of Southern History.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Micajah Louis Armstrong, biographical sketch, birth date 8/13/1805, death date 6/13/1893, burial in Old City Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press), 2008.
- ARMSTRONG, MICAJAH LOUIS (1805-1893). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Micajah Lewis Armstrong. Birth date 8/5/1805. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Other Resources
- Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
- Portrait and discussion of anti-secession speeches included in account of vigilantism in the Sulphur Forks watershed counties of East Texas, pp. 35-41. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. Micajah L. Armstrong, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Committee Information top
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8th R.S. - 1859
Probate Laws (Chair) Public Lands Retrenchment and Reform Roads, Bridges and Ferries |
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