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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSolomon STRONG
(1780-1850)
STRONG, Solomon, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Amherst, Mass., March 2,
1780; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in
1798; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Northampton, Mass.,
in 1800 and commenced the practice of law; member of the State
senate in 1812 and 1813; 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; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1818; again a member of the State
senate in 1843 and 1844; died in Leominster, Mass., on September
16, 1850; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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