List of United States Political Families (A) - The Armstrongs

The Armstrongs

• John Armstrong (1717–1795), Surveyor of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania 1879–1880. Father of James Armstrong and John Armstrong, Jr.
  • James Armstrong (1748–1828), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1793–1795. Son of John Armstrong.
  • John Armstrong, Jr. (1758–1843), Pennsylvania Secretary of State, U.S. Senator from New York 1800–1802 1803–1804, U.S. Minister to France 1804–1810, U.S. Secretary of War 1813–1814. Son of John Armstrong.
  • Robert Livingston (1746–1813), U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs 1781–1783, Chancellor of New York 1777–1801, U.S. Minister to France 1801–1804. Brother-in-law of John Armstrong, Jr.
  • Edward Livingston (1764–1836), U.S. Representative from New York 1795–1801, Mayor of New York City 1801–1803, U.S. Attorney of New York 1801–1803, Louisiana State Representative 1820, U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1823–1829, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1829–1831, U.S. Secretary of State 1831–1833, U.S. Minister to France 1833–1835. Brother-in-law of John Armstrong, Jr.

NOTE: John Armstrong, Jr.'s daughter, Margaret, married William Backhouse Astor, Sr., who was a member of the Astor family, which includes several members of British nobility. Robert Livingston and Edward Livingston were also great-grandsons of New York Colony Assemblyman Robert Livingston, grandsons of New York Colony Assemblyman Robert Livingston, first cousins once removed of U.S. Representative Henry W. Livingston and Continental Congressional Delegates Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston, sons of New York Colony Assemblyman Robert Livingston, second cousins of New York Assemblyman Peter R. Livingston, Continental Congressional Delegate Walter Livingston, New York State Senator Philip Livingston, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brockholst Livingston, brothers-in-law of New York Governor Morgan Lewis and New York Assemblyman Auguste Davezac, and first cousin once removed of New York Lieutenant Governor Edward Philip Livingston.