William Strong (politician)

William Strong (born 1763 in Lebanon , New London County , Colony of Connecticut , † January 28, 1840 in Hartford , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1811 and 1815 he represented the second and from 1819 to 1821 the fourth constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The exact date of birth of William Strong is unknown. However, the sources assume the year of birth 1763. A year later, his parents moved him to Hartford, Vermont. There he taught himself most of the knowledge through self-education. After that he was mainly active in the field of land surveying. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives every year between 1798 and 1802, except in 1800 . From 1802 to 1810 he was sheriff in Windsor County .

In the 1810 congressional election, Strong was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second district of Vermont . There he succeeded Jonathan Hatch Hubbard of the Federalist Party on March 4, 1811 . After re-election in 1812, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1815 . During this time the British-American War of 1812 fell .

After the end of his first term in Congress, Strong was again a member of the Vermont House of Representatives between 1815 and 1818. In 1818 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the fourth district of his state. There he took over from Heman Allen on March 4, 1819 . Until March 3, 1821, however, he only completed one legislative period there. He was also a judge in Windsor County from 1819 to 1821. In 1834 Strong was a member of the Council of Censors of his state. He died in Hartford in January 1840.

Web links

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

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