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William Strong (May 6, 1808 – August 19, 1895) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1870 to 1880. Strong previously served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1851 and as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ...
May 2, 2024 · William Strong (born May 6, 1808, Somers, Conn., U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1895, Lake Minnewaska, N.Y.) was a U.S. Supreme Court justice (1870–80), one of the most respected justices of the 19th-century court.
Justice William Strong joined the U.S. Supreme Court on March 14, 1870, replacing Justice Robert Cooper Grier. Strong was born on May 6, 1808 in northeastern Connecticut. He received a bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1828 and a master’s degree from there in 1831.
William Strong was born and raised in Connecticut but moved to Pennsylvania, where he started his legal career, following his graduation from Yale. On the basis of a successful law practice, Strong served in Congress for two terms as an anti-slavery Democrat.
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: William Strong.
The portrait of Justice William Strong, which hung in Judge Robreno’s Courtroom in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia throughout his tenure on the bench, is being returned to Berks County where Justice Strong practiced law prior to his appointment as an Associate Justice to the United State Supreme Court.
Apr 30, 2024 · Strong was elected to the United States House of Representatives as an abolitionist Democrat in 1846, serving two terms in the house. During his second term, he was the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Elections. He returned to private practice in 1850 and did not seek reelection.
