Joe E. Armstrong

Before being elected to the state legislature, Armstrong served on the Knox County Board of Commissioners from 1982 to 1988.

Armstrong graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Armstrong was convicted of falsifying tax returns on 8 August 2016 and sentenced to three years probation.

[1][2][3] Armstrong asked that breath mints with packaging that satirized President Barack Obama be removed from the University of Tennessee bookstore, on the grounds that a state university not sell products defaming public officials.

"[4] The removal of the product prompted publicity, and the company producing the mints fashioned a mock-up with a caricature of Armstrong.