Solomon Strong (March 2, 1780 – September 16, 1850) was a
U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts.
Born in
Amherst, Massachusetts
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, Strong was graduated from Williams College,
Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1798.
He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar in
Northampton, Massachusetts
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, 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
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to the
Fourteenth and
Fifteenth 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
Leominster, Massachusetts, 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
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