David A. De Armond

David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1893- until dying in office in 1909.

He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended Lycoming College 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.

De Armond and his young grandson both died in a fire that destroyed his home in Butler, Missouri.[1] He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ "DE ARMOND BURNED WITH HIS GRANDSON; Bodies of Missouri Congressman and Little David Clasped Together in Ruins. TRIED TO RESCUE THE BOY " Grandpa Will Take You Out," His Daughter Heard Him Tell Boy When They Awoke to Find Home Ablaze." New York Times, November 24, 1909. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
William Joel Stone		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 12th congressional district
1891–1893 		Succeeded by
Seth Wallace Cobb
Preceded by
John T. Heard		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 6th congressional district
1893–1909 		Succeeded by
Clement C. Dickinson