William L. Armstrong

A Representative and a Senator from Colorado. Born in Fremont, Dodge County, Nebr. , March 16, 1937. Attended the public schools, Tulane University 1954-1955, and the University of Minnesota 1956. Served in the United States Army National Guard 1957-1963. President of a radio station in Aurora, Colo. Banker. State representative 1963-1964. State senator 1965-1972. State senate majority leader 1969-1972. Elected in 1972 as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress. Reelected to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1984, and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1991. Not a candidate for reelection in 1990. Chairman, Republican Policy Committee (Ninety-ninth through One Hundred First Congresses). Was a resident of Littleton, Colo. , until his death on July 5, 2016. Interment in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.