Background
Armstrong, Anne Legendre was born on December 27, 1927 in New Orleans. Daughter of Armant and Olive (Martindale) Legendre.
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Armstrong, Anne Legendre was born on December 27, 1927 in New Orleans. Daughter of Armant and Olive (Martindale) Legendre.
Bachelor in English, Vassar College, 1949.
Foreign the American novelist, see Anne West. Armstrong. From 1966 to 1968, she was the vice chairman of the Texas Republican Party. From 1971 to 1973 she was Company-chairman of the Republican National Committee, and she was the keynote speaker at the 1972 Republican National Convention.
(She was the first woman from either major party to keynote at a national convention).
Nixon named her as Counselor to the President on 19 December 1972, which she held from January 19, 1973 to November 1974 under President Ford. From 1976 to 1977, Armstrong was the first woman United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
At the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, there was a draft effort to put Armstrong on the ticket as the vice presidential nominee with incumbent President Gerald Ford. Senator Robert Dole of Kansas was instead chosen by Ford.
In 1978, Armstrong supported George West. Bush in his successful primary challenge to Jim Reese in their congressional runoff primary in Texas"s 19th congressional district.
Bush, however, lost the general election that fall to then Democrat Kent Hance. She received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Saint Mary"s University in 1978. In addition to her public life, Armstrong served on the boards of many United States. corporations, including American Express, Boise Cascade, Halliburton, and General Motors.
Armstrong died of cancer at a hospice in Houston.
Her daughter, Katharine Armstrong, is a Bush Pioneer and was at the Armstrong family ranch south of Corpus Christi when the Dick Cheney hunting incident occurred there in February 2006.
In 1973, a young Karl Rove, then on his way to becoming the chairman of the College Republicans, suggested in a memorandum to Armstrong that the Republican Party show nonpolitical films (such as John Wayne movies and Reefer Madness) at College Republican clubs as part of a strategy to raise support for the party among students and for fundraising.
Co-chairman Reagan-Bush Campaign, 1980. Member United States Commission on National Security/21st Century, 1999—2001, Governor's Council of Scientific and Biotechnology Development, Texas, Governor's Task Force on Homeland Security. County commissioner Kenedy County, 2005—2008.
Board regents Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1978—1994, emeritus, 1994. Board overseers Hoover Institution, 1978—1997. Board regents Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1997—2003.
Member English-Speaking Union (chairman 1978-1980), Council Foreign Relations, American Associates of Royal Academy Trust (trustee 1985-2005, vice-chairman 1996), Alfalfa Club, Capitol Hill Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Tobin Armstrong, April 12, 1950 (deceased October 7, 2005). Children: John Barclay, Katharine Love, Sarita A. Hixon, Tobin and James L. (twins).