Solomon Strong

Solomon Strong ( born March 2, 1780 in Amherst, Massachusetts, † September 16, 1850 in Leominster, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1815 and 1819 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Solomon Strong visited until 1798 the Williams College in Williamstown. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1800 admitted to the bar he began to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. In the years 1812 and 1813, he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1814 Strong was in the twelfth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded John W. Hulbert took on 4 March 1815 who moved into seventh district. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1819 two legislative sessions. In 1818 he abandoned a bid again. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Solomon Strong officiated until 1842 as an appellate judge. He died on September 16, 1850 in Leominster.