Julius L. Strong

Julius Levi Strong (born November 8, 1828 in Bolton , Tolland County , Connecticut , † September 7, 1872 in Hartford , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1872 he represented the first constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Julius Strong attended Wesleyan University in Middletown (Connecticut) and the Union College in Schenectady ( New York ). After studying law at the National Law School in New York State and his admission as a lawyer in 1853, he began to work in Hartford in his new profession.

He had been politically active since 1852. That year, Strong was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives. In 1853 he was a member of the State Senate and in 1855 again a member of the House of Representatives. Strong became a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . In the years 1864 and 1865 he worked as a public prosecutor.

In the congressional election of 1868, Strong was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first district of Connecticut , where he succeeded Richard D. Hubbard on March 4, 1869 . In 1870 he was confirmed in his mandate, which he was able to exercise until his death on September 7, 1872. During his time in Congress, the 15th Amendment was passed, which extended the right to vote to include ex-male slaves and ethnic minorities. After a by-election, Strong's member of parliament fell to Joseph R. Hawley .

Web links

• Julius L. Strong in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Julius L. Strong in the database of Find a Grave (English)