Howard Edwin Armstrong (April 19, 1903 – October 7, 1983) was a public official in Vermont who served as Secretary of State for sixteen years.

[1] He decided on a legal career, and studied law with Harry Chase of Bennington, and in the Ludlow office of William W. Stickney and John G.

[3] He was Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) to Governor Charles Manley Smith in 1935.

[5] He employed former Secretaries Armstrong and Helen E. Burbank on a consulting basis at the start of his eight-year tenure.

[6] He died at his home on October 7, 1983;[6] he was being treated for cancer, and his death was caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.