Talk:James Armstrong (Georgia politician)

Photograph?
This guy died in 1800. The first photograph in history would not arrive until 1826. I suppose one could add a photograph to this article, but a photograph of what, exactly -- a tombstone, perhaps? 75.71.67.2 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

James Armstrong of Pennsylvania?
I notice that our article on the United States presidential election, 1788–89, states the following with regard to James Armstrong:
 * The identity of this candidate comes from The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections (Gordon DenBoer (ed.), University of Wisconsin Press, 1984, p. 441). Several respected sources, including the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and the Political Graveyard, instead show this individual to be James Armstrong of Pennsylvania. However, primary sources, such as the Senate Journal, list only Armstrong's name, not his state. Skeptics observe that Armstrong received his single vote from a Georgia elector. They find this improbable because Armstrong of Pennsylvania was not nationally famous—his public service to that date consisted of being a medical officer during the American Revolution and, at most, a single year as a Pennsylvania judge.

Whilst it does appear to be that the Presidential nominee was James Armstrong from Georgia, we ought to mention in his article that scholars have not always made that identification, otherwise we are potentially giving undue weight to that interpretation. —Noswall59 (talk) 15:43, 17 March 2018 (UTC).