Nathan Leroy Strong

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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

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

In the congressional elections of 1916, Strong was in the 27th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Solomon Taylor North on March 4, 1917. After eight re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1935 nine legislative sessions. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. Also, were ratified in 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages as well as the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1933 abolished by the 21th Amendment again. In Strong's time as a congressman and the Great Depression fell. Since 1933, the first New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration were adopted, which his party faced a rather negative. 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were first applied, after which the term of the Congress ends, or begins on January 3.

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