David A. De Armond

David A. De Armond, Missouri Congressman.

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. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

External links

• David A. De Armond at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• David A. De Armond at Find a Grave

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