William Strong (Vermont politician) explained

William Strong
Resting Place:Hilltop Cemetery in Quechee, Vermont
Birth Place:Lebanon, Connecticut Colony, British America
State1:Vermont
District1:2nd
Term Start1:March 4, 1811
Term End1:March 3, 1813
Preceded1:Jonathan Hatch Hubbard
Succeeded1:Luther Jewett
State2:Vermont
District2:At-large
Term Start2:March 4, 1813
Term End2:March 3, 1815
Preceded2:Seat created
Succeeded2:Luther Jewett
Office3:Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Term3:1798–1799
1801–1802
1815–1818
Death Place:Hartford, Vermont, U.S.
State:Vermont
Spouse:Abigail Hutchinson Strong
Profession:congressman, judge
Party:Democratic-Republican

William Strong (1763January 28, 1840) was an American businessman and politician. He served two terms as a congressman from Vermont from 1811 to 1815.

Biography

Strong was born in Lebanon in the Connecticut Colony in 1763 to Benajah and Polly (Bacon) Strong. He moved with his parents to Hartford the following year.[1] Strong's father was one of the pioneer settlers of Hartford. Strong was self-educated and worked in land surveying and farming.[2] Strong married Abigail Hutchinson on June 17, 1793.

Political career

Strong was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810.[3] He was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815.[4]

Strong returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 to 1818, and as a judge of the Supreme Court of Windsor County from 1819 to 1821.[5] In 1819 he was elected to the Sixteenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1821.[4] In 1832 he served as one of Vermont's Presidential Electors, and voted for Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt.[3]

Death

Strong died in Hartford, Vermont on January 28, 1840, and is interred at Hilltop Cemetery in Quechee, Vermont.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: STRONG, William, (1763 - 1840). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. October 24, 2012.
  2. Web site: History of Hartford, (Windsor County) Vermont. History50states.com. October 24, 2012.
  3. Web site: Strong, William (1763-1840) . The Political Graveyard. October 24, 2012.
  4. Web site: Rep. William Strong. govtrack.us. October 24, 2012.
  5. Book: Brown, John Howard. The Cyclopedia Of American Biography V7: Comprising The Men And Women Of The United States Who Have Been Identified With The Growth Of The Nation. 2006. Kessinger Publishing. 248. 9781428640528.