James G. Strong

James G. Strong

James George Strong (born April 23, 1870 in Dwight , Livingston County , Illinois , † January 11, 1938 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1933 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Strong attended elementary school in his native Dwight between 1876 and 1879 and a mission school in South Dakota from 1879 to 1880 . He then went to the public schools of the city of St. Marys , Kansas until 1887 . Strong graduated from Baker University in Baldwin City between 1887 and 1889 .

In 1891 he moved to Blue Rapids, Kansas state. There he worked in the real estate market and in the insurance industry. He also studied law until 1895. He then started working as a lawyer at Blue Rapids. During this time he expanded his business interests to include trade and agriculture. Between 1896 and 1911, Strong was the legal representative for the city of Blue Rapids. In 1905 he founded Blue Rapids Telephone Co. and in 1912 Marshall County Power & Light Co. Between 1911 and 1912, he was assistant district attorney in Marshall County .

Politically, Strong was a member of the Republican Party , whose Republican National Conventions he attended as a delegate in 1912 and 1928. From 1913 to 1916 he was also a member of the Blue Rapids School Board and from 1916 to 1917 he was the District Attorney in Marshall County. In 1918 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth district of Kansas, where he succeeded Guy T. Helvering of the Democratic Party on March 4, 1919 . After being re-elected six times, he was able to complete a total of seven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time, the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage , the prohibition law and the beginning of the global economic crisis . From 1923 to 1931, Strong was chairman of the committee that dealt with war-related claims to the federal government. In 1932 he was no longer nominated by his party for another term.

After his tenure in Congress ended, James Strong became assistant treasurer of the Home Owners Loan Corporation . He held this post until his death on January 11, 1938 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• James G. Strong in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James G. Strong in the database of Find a Grave (English)