Solomon Strong (March 2, 1780 – September 16, 1850) was a

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. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Strong was graduated from Williams College,

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, in 1798. He studied law. He was

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in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1800 and commenced the practice of law. He served as member of the State senate in 1812 and 1813. He served as judge of the circuit court of common pleas in 1818 and judge of the court of common pleas from 1821 until his resignation in 1842. Strong was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth and

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Congresses (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818. He was again a member of the State senate in 1843 and 1844. He died in

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, on September 16, 1850. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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* 1780 births 1850 deaths Williams College alumni Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians {{Massachusetts-Representative-stub