Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Ka dib markii uu xilka ka degay 1865, Armstrong wuxuu u guuray Cleveland, wuxuu iibsaday "The Plain Dealer", wuxuuna soo saaray ilaa 1883. Sanadkii 1868 wuxuu ka marag kacay maxkamadaynta madaxweyne Johnson. Waxa uu ka mid ahaa ergooyinka shirweynihii xisbiga dimuqraadiga ee 1868,
1880 iyo 1884.