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William Strong (
May 6,
1808 -
August 19,
1895) was an
American jurist and
politician. He was a justice on the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and an
Associate Justice on the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Early life
Strong was born in
Connecticut and later moved to
Pennsylvania. He was the cousin of
U.S. Representative Theron Rudd Strong of
New york. William Strong attended the
Munson Academy in
Massachusetts, and later graduated from
Yale University before starting his legal practice in
Reading, Pennsylvania.
House of Representatives
In 1846, Strong was elected to the
United States House of Representatives as an
abolitionist Democrat. Strong served two terms in the House, and was the chairman of the
U.S. House Committee on Elections during his second term. He didn't seek reelection in 1850, but returned to private practice.
Judicial Service
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Strong was elected to the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in
1857 as a Democrat. Strong switched to the
Republican Party soon after taking the bench. He resigned from the court in 1868 to return to a lucrative private practice in
Philadelphia.
United States Supreme Court
When Justice
Robert C. Grier retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, Strong was suggested as a possible replacement. However,
President Ulysses S. Grant was heavily lobbied to nominate former
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Stanton was nominated, and confirmed by the
Senate, but he died just four days later without having served on the Court. Grant then nominated Strong, who was confirmed without a recorded vote and was sworn in on
March 14,
1870.
1876 Election
Strong was one of five Supreme Court Justices who sat on the Electoral Commission that was convened to resolve the disputed electoral votes in the
U.S. presidential election of
1876. Strong voted along with his fellow Republicans, who held the majority on the Commission, to award every disputed vote to
Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican candidate, thus ensuring his presidency.
Strong served on the Supreme Court until
December 14,
1880, when he retired despite still being in good health, partly to set an example to several infirm justices who refused to give up their seats. Strong resumed the practice of law and pursued religious causes until his death, at
Lake Minnewassa in
Ulster County, New York, on
August 19,
1895. He was interred in Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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