William Strong (Vermont politician)

William Strong ( * 1763 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; † January 28, 1840 in Hartford, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1811 and 1815 he represented the second and 1819-1821 the fourth electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

The exact date of birth of William Strong is not known. However, the sources estimate the birth year of 1763. Just one year later, his parents moved with him to Hartford in Vermont. There he taught himself most of the knowledge through self- education in itself. After that, he worked mainly in the field of land surveying. Politically, he was a member of the founded by President Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1798 and 1802, he was, with the exception of 1800, elected each year in the House of Representatives of Vermont. From 1802 to 1810 he was sheriff in Windsor County.

In the congressional elections of 1810 Strong was in the second district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1811, to succeed Jonathan Hatch Hubbard of the Federalist Party. After a re-election in 1812, he could remain until March 3, 1815 Congress. In this time the British -American War fell from 1812.

After the end of his first term in Congress Strong was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Vermont 1815-1818. In 1818 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives again in the fourth district of his state. There he entered on March 4, 1819, to succeed Heman Allen. But until March 3, 1821 he graduated from only one legislative period. At the same time he was also a judge from 1819 to 1821 in Windsor County. In 1834, Strong was a member of the Advisory Committee ( Council of Censors ) his state. He died in January 1840 in Hartford.