James Armstrong may refer to:
Politics
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James Armstrong (North Carolina politician) (died 1794), American Revolutionary War officer and politician
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James Armstrong (Georgia politician)
James Armstrong (1728–1800) served in the Continental Army, in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment.
History
James Armstrong was born in 1728, in Pennsylvania. Much of his early life is unknown. He served in the Revoluti ...
(1728–1800), Georgia politician and candidate in the United States presidential election of 1789
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James Armstrong (Pennsylvania politician)
James Armstrong (August 29, 1748 – May 6, 1828) was an American slave owner, physician, judge, and politician.
Early life
Armstrong was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on August 29, 1748. He was a son of Brigadier General and Contin ...
(1748–1828), American Revolutionary War physician, United States congressman
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James Rogers Armstrong (1787–1873), manufacturer and political figure in Upper Canada
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James Armstrong (Texas politician)
James Armstrong (Abt. 1811 - December 21, 1879) was a Texan politician who served in the Texas House and Texas Senate.
Life Early years
Armstrong was born in 1811 in Kentucky, USA. He later moved to Jasper County in 1835, where he would stay u ...
(1811–1879), member of the Second Texas Legislature
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James Armstrong (Ontario politician)
James Armstrong (March 1, 1830, in Queensbury, New Brunswick – January 26, 1893) was a Canadian politician and farmer. He ran in a federal by-election in 1875 in the riding of Middlesex East and lost. He was elected in 1882 as a member of the ...
(1830–1893), Canadian MP from Ontario
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James William Armstrong
James William Armstrong (January 14, 1860—February 26, 1928) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1922 as a member of the Liberal Party, and was a cabinet minister in the governm ...
(1860–1928), Canadian politician from Manitoba
Sport
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James Armstrong (Scottish footballer) (1887–1915), Scottish footballer
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James Armstrong (American soccer) (died 1952), American soccer player and coach, in
National Soccer Hall of Fame
The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 and currently located in Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The Hall of Fame honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction ...
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James Armstrong (footballer, born 1892)
James Armstrong (10 October 1892 – 1966) was a professional footballer who played as a centre forward
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are th ...
(1892–1966), English footballer
Other fields
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James Francis Armstrong (1750–1816), American Revolutionary War chaplain, New Jersey Presbyterian
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James Armstrong (Unitarian minister)
James Armstrong, D.D. (1780–1839), was an Irish 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 36 years (1744–1780) presbyt ...
(1780–1839), Irish Unitarian minister
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(1794–1867), justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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James Armstrong (naval officer)
Commodore James Armstrong (17 January 1794 – 27 August 1868) 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 when it was seized by the British in 1814 du ...
(1794–1868), American naval officer in the Civil War
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James Sherrard Armstrong (1821–1888), Canadian lawyer and British colonial jurist
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James Isbell Armstrong
James Isbell Armstrong (April 20, 1919 – December 16, 2013) was an American academic who was President of Middlebury College. He was born in 1919 in Princeton. Armstrong was appointed as Middlebury's 12th president in 1963 and served until 1 ...
(1919–2013), American academic, president of Middlebury College
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James Armstrong (engineer)
James Armstrong OBE, FREng, FIStructE, FICE, FGS, MASCE was a British structural engineer born in 1947 in Cumbria and died in 2010.
Early life and education
Armstrong was born in Cumbria in 1926 and read Civil engineering at the Univer ...
(1926–2010), British structural engineer
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James Armstrong (musician)
James Armstrong (born April 22, 1957, Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He released three albums on HighTone Records and is signed with Catfood Records. ...
(born 1957), American blues guitarist and singer
See also
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Jim Armstrong (disambiguation), for those known as Jim or Jimmy
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Arthur James Armstrong
(Arthur) James Armstrong (September 17, 1924 – July 17, 2018) was a bishop of the United Methodist Church. Elected in 1968, he became the youngest Methodist bishop in the United States at the age of 43. As president of the National Council of Ch ...
(1924–2018), bishop of the United Methodist Church
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