Background
Strong, James George was born on April 23, 1870 in Dwight, Illinois, United States. Son of James George and Rebecca M. (Witt) Strong.
Strong, James George was born on April 23, 1870 in Dwight, Illinois, United States. Son of James George and Rebecca M. (Witt) Strong.
Preparatory education schools, Illinois and Kansas, and Episcopal Mission, Yankton (Dak.) Agency. Student Baker U., Baldwin, Kansas, 1887-1889. Read law at Blue Rapids, Kansas.
Admitted to bar, Marshall County, Kansas, 1895. Organizer and president Blue Rapids Telephone Сompany. Organizer, manager and secretary Marshall County Power & Light Company City attorney Blue Rapids, 15 years.
Assistant attorney general Marshall County, Kansas, 1911-1912 (enforced prohibition). Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1912, delegate, 1928. Attorney Marshall County, 1916-1917.
Member 66th to 72d Congresses (1919-1933), 5th Kansas District. 1st assistant treasurer Home Owners Loan Corporation, Washington.
Odd Fellow, Knights of Pythias, Elk. Member Modern Woodmen of America.
Married Frances E. Coon, December 18, 1894. Children: George, Eugene, Erma Elizabeth (Mistress Paul Haworth).