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Sherwood">Charles D. Sherwood</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Yale" title="William H. Yale">William H. Yale</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives">Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1864?–1865</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jared_Benson" title="Jared Benson">Jared Benson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_B._Wakefield" class="mw-redirect" title="James B. Wakefield">James B. Wakefield</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1829-02-06</span>)</span>February 6, 1829<br /><a href="/wiki/Milan,_Ohio" title="Milan, Ohio">Milan, Ohio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 29, 1891<span style="display:none">(1891-12-29)</span> (aged 62)<br /><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea, Minnesota</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Elizabeth M. Burgess Butman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">banker, lawyer, legislator</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Henry Armstrong</b> (February 6, 1829 – December 29, 1891) was a <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> banker, lawyer, legislator, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Lieutenant_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota">fifth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>. He became Lieutenant Governor under <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Rainey_Marshall" title="William Rainey Marshall">William Rainey Marshall</a> from January 8, 1866, to January 7, 1870. Armstrong served in the Minnesota Constitutional Convention and both houses of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota State Legislature">Minnesota State Legislature</a>. He died in 1891 in <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea, Minnesota</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_H._Armstrong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas Henry Armstrong was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 6, 1829, the son of Augustus Armstrong (1790-1862) and Phebe Higby (1805-1864). </p><p>His father was born in <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> but later moved to Milan, Ohio, where he married Phebe Higby. Following this, he settled down and became a farmer. </p><p>Thomas studied in Milan, Ohio for a couple of years before moving to Minnesota in 1855, where he settled in <a href="/wiki/High_Forest_Township,_Olmsted_County,_Minnesota" title="High Forest Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota">High Forest</a>, Minnesota. Before the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil war</a>, he was originally a <a href="/wiki/Northern_Democratic_Party" title="Northern Democratic Party">Douglas Democrat</a>, but when the war broke out, he became a staunch Republican He stayed in High Forest until he moved to <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea</a> in April 1875. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_H._Armstrong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the autumn of 1874, he ran as an independent for the State Senate, an endeavor in which he was successful. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_H._Armstrong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_gov/ltgov_04.htm">Minnesota Historical Society</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11016">Minnesota Legislators Past and Present</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Sherwood" title="Charles D. Sherwood">Charles D. Sherwood</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br />1866 – 1870 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Yale" title="William H. Yale">William H. Yale</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jared_Benson" title="Jared Benson">Jared Benson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives">Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives</a> </b><br />1864? – 1865 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_B._Wakefield" class="mw-redirect" title="James B. Wakefield">James B. 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