|
|
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Contents:
Strong, James George
Strong, James George, a Representative from Kansas; born in Dwight, Livingston County, Ill., April 23, 1870; attended the public schools of Dwight, Ill., 1876-1879, the Episcopal Mission of Greenwood Agency, S. Dak., 1879-1880, the public school at St. Marys, Kans., 1882-1887, and Baker University, Baldwin, Kans., 1887-1889; moved to Blue Rapids, Kans., in 1891; engaged in the real estate, loan, and insurance businesses; also studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Blue Rapids; also interested in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; city attorney 1896-1911; organized the Blue Rapids Telephone Co. in 1905; assistant attorney general of Marshall County in 1911 and 1912; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912 and 1928; organized and developed the Marshall County Power & Light Co. in 1912; member of the school board 1913-1916; prosecuting attorney of Marshall County in 1916 and 1917; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; appointed first assistant treasurer of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in 1933 and served until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1938; interment in Fairmount Cemetery, Blue Rapids, Kans.
Contents:
Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Strong, James George," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1877 Original Sources, accessed September 15, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8U91HCJRFAT5TJM.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Strong, James George." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1877, Original Sources. 15 Sep. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8U91HCJRFAT5TJM.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Strong, James George' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1877. Original Sources, retrieved 15 September 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8U91HCJRFAT5TJM.
|