William F. Strowd Explained

William F. Strowd
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State:North Carolina
District:4th
Party:Democratic
Term Start:March 4, 1895
Term End:March 3, 1899
Preceded:Benjamin H. Bunn
Succeeded:John W. Atwater
Birth Name:William Franklin Strowd
Birth Date:7 December 1832
Birth Place:Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Death Place:Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Occupation:Farmer

William Franklin Strowd (December 7, 1832 – December 12, 1911) was an American farmer and Confederate American Civil War veteran who served two terms as a Populist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1899.

Biography

Strowd was born near Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1832 and attended local schools.

Civil War

A farmer, he was a private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Career

Strowd was a member of the North Carolina Constitution Convention of 1875. In 1892, he unsuccessfully sought election as a Populist to the U.S. House.

Congress

In 1894, he succeeded, and served two terms in Washington, D.C., in the 54th and 55th Congresses.

Later career and death

He did not seek renomination in 1898, and died in 1911 in Chapel Hill, where he is buried.

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