Josiah Haynes Armstrong (May 30, 1842 - March 23, 1898) was a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and a state legislator in Florida. He served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives representing Columbia County, Florida during the Reconstruction era from 1871-1872 and 1875-1876.African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877 by Joe M. Richardson page 193 The Florida Archives have a photograph of him.Bishop Josiah Haynes Armstrong, Representative from Columbia County floridamemory.com According to his Findagrave entry and the photos of his gravestone posted to it he served in a "Colored" unit during the American Civil War.
He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
See also African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
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External links Findagrave entry