Background
Strong, Solomon was born on March 2, 1780 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.
United States representative politician
Strong, Solomon was born on March 2, 1780 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Strong was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1798. He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1800 and commenced the practice of law. He served as judge of the circuit court of common pleas in 1818 and judge of the court of common pleas from 1821 until his resignation in 1842. Strong was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818. He died in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 16, 1850. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
He served as member of the State senate in 1812 and 1813. He was again a member of the State senate in 1843 and 1844.