William Strong (Pennsylvania judge)
| William Strong | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office February 18, 1870 – December 14, 1880 |
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| Appointed by | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Robert Grier |
| Succeeded by | William Woods |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
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| Preceded by | John Ritter |
| Succeeded by | Glancy Jones |
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May 6, 1808 Somers, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | August 19, 1895 (aged 87) Lake Minnewaska, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 1868) Republican (1868–1895) |
| Education | Yale University (BA, MA) |
William Strong (May 6, 1808 – August 19, 1895) was an American jurist and politician. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant. He also served on the Commission that adjudicated the disputed presidential election of 1876.
Strong was born in Somers, Connecticut and later moved to Pennsylvania. He was the eldest of eleven children of William Lightbourn Strong and Harriet (Deming) Strong. He was the brother of Newton Deming Strong and the cousin of U.S. Representative Theron Rudd Strong of New York. William Strong attended the Munson Academy in Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale University in 1828 Phi Beta Kappa. He taught school in Burlington, New Jersey while studying law with Garret D. Wall, and then completed his legal education with a six-month course at Yale Law School. After being admitted to the bar Strong started a legal practice in Reading, Pennsylvania, remaining in practice from 1832 to 1857.
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