William Strong (1763January 28, 1840) was an American businessman and politician. He served as a

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and judge from Vermont.

Biography

Strong was born in Lebanon in the

Connecticut Colony The ''Connecticut Colony'' or ''Colony of Connecticut'', originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settl ...

in 1763 to Benajah and Polly (Bacon) Strong. He moved with his parents to Hartford the following year. Strong's father was one of the pioneer settlers of Hartford. Strong was self-educated and worked in

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and farming. Strong married Abigail Hutchinson on June 17, 1793. Strong was a member of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ...

in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of

Windsor County Windsor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,753. The shire town (county seat) is the town of Woodstock. The county's largest municipality is the town of Hartford. History Wind ...

from 1802 to 1810. He was elected as a

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US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815. Strong returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 to 1818, and as a judge of the Supreme Court of Windsor County from 1819 to 1821. In 1819 he was elected to the

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, and served from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1821. In 1832 he served as one of Vermont's Presidential Electors, and voted for

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candidate William Wirt.

Death

Strong died in Hartford, Vermont on January 28, 1840, and is interred at Hilltop Cemetery in

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References

External links

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The Political Graveyard

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States

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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