William Franklin Strowd (December 7, 1832 – December 12, 1911) was an American farmer and

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veteran who served two terms as a

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U.S. Congressman from

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between 1895 and 1899.

Biography

Strowd was born near Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1832 and attended local schools.

Civil War

A farmer, he was a private in the Confederate Army during the

Career

Strowd was a member of the North Carolina Constitution Convention of 1875. In 1892, he unsuccessfully sought election as a Populist to the U.S. House.

Congress

In 1894, he succeeded, and served two terms in Washington, D.C., in the 54th and 55th Congresses.

Later career and death

He did not seek renomination in 1898, and died in 1911 in Chapel Hill, where he is buried.

References

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1832 births 1911 deaths People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina North Carolina Populists Confederate States Army soldiers People of North Carolina in the American Civil War 19th-century American legislators {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub