Theron R. Strong
Theron Rudd Strong (November 7, 1802 Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut – May 14, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1839 to 1841, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
He studied law at Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1821, and commenced practice in Palmyra. In 1833, he married Abbie Louise Hart (1814–1840), daughter of State Senator Truman Hart.
He married secondly Cornelia Wheeler Barnes by whom he had a daughter named Cornelia Wheeler Strong, a descendant of Capt. Thomas Yale of the Yale family.[1][2][3]
Theron R. Strong was District Attorney of Wayne County from 1835 to 1839.
Congress
Strong was elected as a Democrat to the 26th United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841.
Later career
He was a member from Wayne County of the New York State Assembly in 1842.
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (7th District) from 1852 to 1859, and ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1858. He removed to Rochester, New York, the seat of the district bench, and afterwards resumed the practice of law there.
He removed to New York City in 1867, and continued the practice of law.
Death
He was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.
Family
Congressman William Strong, of Pennsylvania, was his cousin.
References
- Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America : embracing the descendants of James and Richard Olmsted and covering a period of nearly three centuries, 1632-1912, p. 119-161
- Landmarks of a lawyer's lifetime, Theron G. Strong, p. 31
- Register of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, 1893-1913, p. 206
Sources
- United States Congress. "Theron R. Strong (id: S001020)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 227, 308, 352 and 384; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Court of Appeals judges