(September 19, 1832 — January 11, 1906) Armstrong was an American politician and surveyor. Moses Armstrong was born in Erie County, Ohio, where he grew up and attended college. After graduating, Armstrong moved to the Territory of Minnesota where he was assigned to survey the United States lands. He moved to the Dakota Territory after Minnesota received statehood. There, he served as a member to the Territorial House of Representatives (1861-1863), the president of the Territorial Council (1866-1867), and clerk of the Territorial Supreme Court (1865). Armstrong was elected to the Forty-Second and Forty-Third Congresses as a Democrat. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000283]

(March 20, 1831 — September 22, 1881) Spink was a lawyer, editor, publisher, and politician. Solomon Spink was born in Washington County, New York and moved to the Dakota Territory in 1865 after practicing law in Iowa and being editor and publisher to a publication in Illinois. While in Illinois, Spink also served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1864. He moved to the Dakota Territory after being appointed by President Lincoln to be the Secretary for the Territory (1865-1869). Spink was elected as a Republican, serving from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000736]