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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.
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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 from 1857 to 1868.
Learn about the life and career of Justice William Strong, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1870 to 1880. Find out his notable opinions on eminent domain, jury discrimination, and the 1876 presidential election.
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.
William Strong, independent minister, was buried in Westminster Abbey in July 1654 but his body was disinterred after Charles II was restored to the throne.
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Learn about the portrait of Justice William Strong, a former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice and a Berks County lawyer, that will be unveiled in Reading. Judge Robreno will present a program on Justice Strong's contributions to the law and the public good at the American Inns of Court.
Biography of Justice William Strong. Justice William Strong is the only United States Supreme Court Justice to hail from Berks County, Pennsylvania. Justice Strong is most widely known for his tenure on the bench of the nation's highest court.
