| Show TUB LATE JUDOS STPONO long aal lPfl Life of s Mini AnUll Ilrnllrn n Kt J mi Ire of the United States flit prem Court William Strong wu born nl Homers Connecticut May G ISOt He was a son of Her William U Strong a wellknowli 1resbyterlan minister and received hln education nl Vale College Col-lege I from which Institution he was graduated In lAIR Until 153 he was occupied In leaching In n school In Oonneitlcnt employing bin leisure hours In rradlng law In that year ho was admitted to Yale aa a student In the law department and In the autumn of th name year he became a memlwr of tho bar Soon after he removed to Heading lcnna > lvnnli and practical law In that city aa n profession lie was a democrat by political faith and obtained early recognition from his part occupying several municipal offl cw and taking an Interest education In laid he was elected by the democrats of herbs county Iennnylvnnla retire MDIailte to Congress a pailtlon In which he gave such aatlifnctlon that howe ho-we a teelecled nt the end of his term He was chairman of the Committee on Ulectlons In the Home and filled sort sor-t I tONJUsIICE STRONG era other rcspiuslbte office but declined de-clined an offer of rcnomluallan for a third term Ho resumed active practice at his law otnco upon his return to prl vale life and gilned such dlitlnctton < in IATIS JUSTICE HTIVONU that In 1SHT he was elecleil aUudgo of Supreme court of Icnusyltanl for the term of fifteen years After ValdlnR that place for cloven years ho r signed October 1 1808 Ills retirement from public business was not long holder for In 1STO he was named by lrll dent Irnnt as nssoclato judge of the tiled Stales Buprecio court In place of Jihtao Orler resigned lit wn n mejiiber f tii l < rttmni > tl > > tiiVt > tMtIui > aniJ 1 ontlltutlonsllty I the IcgMUnTn acts and It was charged that ho lad been chosen for the place by Or nut with the express purpose of Insuring a do clilon favorable to that leglilatlon lie that as It may Judge Strongs opinion was given In support of the acts In question Judge Strong may fairly bo SAW to have been at the 11010 ot his death the oldest man of national Importance Im-portance In the country Hla reputation reputa-tion was achieved too without reflection reflec-tion upon his personal character He was a layman respected and honored In the IrosMterlnn church nnd Iho reports re-ports of his good work as n Christian end philanthropist are not a few Ho lent tupport by personal advice or financially to the American Tract Society So-ciety the American Ulblc Boclcty and the Balvatlon Arm He was not n wealthy man but had freely glun of what ho poMcmtd Ha held the honorary hon-orary decree of Doctor of taws from Lafayette College Ienniiyhnnla from Irlncelon and from Vale |
