armstrong april march political figure born printer boston specializing religious materials works early stereotype edition popular religious magazine devoted missionary interests armstrong began withdraw printing business focused instead politics active boston politics 1820s twice winning seat state legislature elected lieutenant governor massachusetts whig served consecutive annual terms term acting governor governor resigned seat united states senate lost bid elected governor right elected mayor boston post held year printer born april massachusetts elizabeth williams armstrong father military man died mother died years later manning described principal book town boston following opened print shop partner boston years later opened business elected member elected sergeant company served captain returned business boston establishing principal business printing religious tracts notable work publishing religious magazine devoted missionary matters major success printing stereotype edition highly popular work sold tens thousands copies opened church related activities including fundraising foreign missionary work moved took end armstrong turned operation printing business known focused activities withdrew day day operations business retain financial stake continued maintain personal interest business death business significant financial success armstrong fairly wealthy church politics armstrong member served including secretary chosen church formally incorporated armstrong named armstrong discovered original manuscript volume colonial governor history new england church tower volume presented responsible church loss perfect specimen 17th century church early minister congregation writer suggests armstrong trade copies book exchange offers recipients copies naive essentially rare book trade acquire valuable books bargain price armstrong involved civic affairs early served boston militia company war entered state politics representative state legislature serving body served boston board armstrong offered nomination lieutenant governor state refused view abolished rejected offer elected lieutenant governor whig ticket serving whig newspapers working class roots appeal members party founded labor issues describing campaign mechanic davis resigned march election united_states senate armstrong served acting governor campaign armstrong sought whig nomination governor went instead bid support armstrong ended running year party support came distant perennial democratic candidate contrast defeat state level armstrong elected mayor boston principal act civic improvement year administration construction iron fencing widening street contracts work drawn preceding administration armstrong oversaw work task securing relocation remains central burying ground affected work accomplished despite resistance families offering cost new granite tombs affected parties armstrong elected served single term joined affairs remained involved death died boston buried cambridge married children
Samuel Turell Armstrong