David A. De Armond

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David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 - November 23, 1909) was a Democrat Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1891- until dying in office in 1909.

He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1866; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Davenport; moved to Missouri in 1869 and settled in Greenfield, Missouri, Dade County, Missouri.

He was member of Missouri State Senate, 1879-1883; Missouri Supreme Court commissioner, 1884; judge of the twenty-second judicial circuit of Missouri, 1886-1890.

In Congress he was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

He died in Butler, Missouri and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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Preceded by
John T. Heard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 6th congressional district

1891–1909
Succeeded by
Clement C. Dickinson