William Strong

Personal

Birthday: 
5/6/1808
Birthplace: 
Somers, CT
Date of Death: 
8/19/1895
Place of Death: 
Lake Minnewassa, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1832-1857
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1847-1851
Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1857-1868
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1868-1870

Education

Name of School: 
Yale College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1828
Name of School - Second: 
Yale College
Degree - Second: 
M.A.
Degree Year - Second: 
1831
Name of School - Third: 

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Name of School - Fourth: 
Read law
Degree Year - Fourth: 
1832

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name: 

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating: 
Ulysses Grant
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
02/18/1870
Termination Date: 
12/14/1880
Termination Reason: 
Retirement
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Third Circuit, March 21, 1870-December 14, 1880