William Strong (Vermont politician)

William Strong (1763 – January 28, 1840) was an American businessman and politician. He served two terms as a congressman from Vermont from 1811 to 1815.

William Strong
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Jonathan Hatch Hubbard
Succeeded by	Luther Jewett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded by	Seat created
Succeeded by	Luther Jewett
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1798–1799 1801–1802 1815–1818
Personal details
Born	1763 (1763) Lebanon, Connecticut Colony, British America
Died	January 28, 1840(1840-01-28) (aged 76–77) Hartford, Vermont, U.S.
Resting place	Hilltop Cemetery in Quechee, Vermont
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Spouse	Abigail Hutchinson Strong
Profession	congressman, judge

Biography

Strong was born in Lebanon in the Connecticut Colony in 1763 to Benajah and Polly (Bacon) Strong. He moved with his parents to Hartford the following year.^[1] Strong's father was one of the pioneer settlers of Hartford. Strong was self-educated and worked in land surveying and farming.^[2] Strong married Abigail Hutchinson on June 17, 1793.

Political career

Strong was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810.^[3] He was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811, until March 3, 1815.^[4]

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.^[5] In 1819 he was elected to the Sixteenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.^[4] In 1832 he served as one of Vermont's Presidential Electors, and voted for Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt.^[3]

Death

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