Nathan Leroy Strong

Nathan Leroy Strong (1921)

Nathan Leroy Strong (born November 12, 1859 in Troy , Jefferson County , Pennsylvania , †  December 14, 1939 in Brookville , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1935 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathan Strong attended public schools in his home country. He then worked from 1877 to 1894 in the telegraph service and for the railroad as a railroad agent . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1891, he began to work in this profession from 1893 in Brookville. Between 1895 and 1900 he served as the district attorney in Jefferson County. From 1901 to 1916 he was involved in land development in Jefferson and Armstrong Counties. He went into both the mining and banking business and became president of Mohawk Mining Co. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1916 congressional election , Strong was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 27th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Solomon Taylor North on March 4, 1917 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1935 . World War I fell during his time in Congress . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . The 18th Amendment to the Constitution was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment . In Strong's time as congressman also fell global economic crisis . The first New Deal laws of the Roosevelt administration were passed in 1933 , which his party was rather hostile to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1934, Nathan Strong was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he resumed his previous activities. He died on December 14, 1939 in Brookville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Nathan Leroy Strong in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathan Leroy Strong in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Solomon Taylor North	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (27th constituency) March 4, 1917 - January 3, 1935	Joseph Anthony Gray