Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe oge ọchịchị ya gwụrụ na 1865, Armstrong kwagara Cleveland, zụta "The Plain Dealer", ma dezie ya ruo n'afọ 1883. N'afọ 1868, ọ gbara akaebe n'ụlọikpe maka ebubo e boro Onyeisiala Johnson. Ọ bụ onye nnọchiteanya na Democratic National Convention na 1868,
1880, na 1884.