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Charles F. Armstrong (Pennsylvania Politician)
Charles Foster Armstrong (October 21, 1865 – February 4, 1934) was an American politician in the state of Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ... from 1919 to 1929, representing Armstrong County. Along with State Senator Plymouth W. Snyder, he was one of the sponsors of the 1923 Snyder-Armstrong Prohibition Enforcement Act. He campaigned for the Lieutenant Governorship of Pennsylvania in 1930 but lost; he was later appointed Pennsylvania's Insurance Commissioner. He died on February 4, 1934, in Harrisburg; his wife and two sons survived him. References 1865 births 1934 deaths Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Foster Armstrong
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in '' Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
