Sterling P. Strong

Sterling Price Strong (born August 17, 1862 in Jefferson City , Missouri , †  March 28, 1936 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1871, Sterling Strong came to Montague County , Texas with his parents , where he attended public schools. In the meantime he studied at Eastman's National Business College in Poughkeepsie ( New York ) until 1884 . Between 1884 and 1888 and again from 1898 to 1904 Strong was active as a county clerk in Montague County. In between, he was an administrative clerk with the Texas Senate in 1889 ; from 1889 to 1892 he served as a clerk in Hale County . Between 1892 and 1898 and later from 1911 to 1932 he was a traveling dealer. He was also an employee of the National Bank of Bowie between 1908 and 1911 .

Politically, Strong joined the Democratic Party , whose state board in Texas he was a member between 1900 and 1902. In 1930, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of Texas. In the 1932 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the newly established 20th  constituency of his state , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1934, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1935 . It was there that the first of the Federal Government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives was over, Sterling Strong withdrew from politics. He died on March 28, 1936 in Dallas, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Sterling P. Strong in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sterling P. Strong in the database of Find a Grave (English)