Samuel Turell Armstrong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSamuel Turell Armstrong
American printer and politician
Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1784
Place of Birth: Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 26-Mar-1850
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Samuel Turell Armstrong
- Samuel Turell Armstrong (April 29, 1784 – March 26, 1850) was a U.S.
- political figure.
- Born in 1784 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he was a printer and bookseller in Boston, specializing in religious materials.
- Among his works were an early stereotype edition of Scott's Family Bible, which was very popular, and The Panoplist, a religious magazine devoted to missionary interests. Armstrong began to withdraw from the printing business in 1825, and focused instead on politics.
- He was active in Boston politics during the 1820s, twice winning a seat in the Massachusetts General Court (state legislature).
- In 1833 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts as a Whig, and served three consecutive annual terms.
- For most of the last term he was acting governor after Governor John Davis resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate.
- He lost a bid to be elected governor in his own right in 1836, but was elected Mayor of Boston, a post he held for one year.
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