| LC control no. | n 85221066 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819 |
| See also | Massachusetts. Governor (1800-1807 : Strong) Massachusetts. Governor (1812-1816 : Strong) |
| Birth date | 1745-01-09 |
| Death date | 1819-11-07 |
| Place of birth | Northampton (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Northampton (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard College (1636-1780) Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives Massachusetts. General Court. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Federal Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators County attorneys Governors |
| Found in | Lodge, H.C. A memoir of Caleb Strong, U.S. senator and governor of Mass., 1745-1818, 1879. Members of Cong. since 1789 (Strong, Caleb; b. 1-9-1745; d. 11-7-1819) Massachusetts. Governor (1800-1807 : Strong). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency Caleb Strong, Esquire ... A proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving, 1800. Massachusetts. Governor (1812-1816 : Strong). His excellency's message, and sundry documents, 1814: p. 5 (Caleb Strong) Nat. cyc. of Am. biog.: v. 1, p. 110 (b. 1-9-1745; d. 11-17-1819) DAB (Strong, Caleb; grad. Harvard, 1764; member Mass. Senate; served in U.S. Congress; governor of Mass., 1800-1807 and 1812-1816) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, July 5, 2016 (Strong, Caleb; party: Pro-Administration; Federalist; a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Northampton, Mass., January 9, 1745; studied under private tutors; graduated from Harvard College in 1764; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1772; Northampton selectman; member of the committee of correspondence and safety throughout the Revolution; member, State house of representatives 1776-1778; member, State senate 1780-1788; county attorney 1776-1800; elected to the Continental Congress in 1780, but did not attend; member of the national convention in Philadelphia which framed the Constitution of the United States; member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States; elected to the United States Senate in 1789; reelected in 1793, and served from March 4, 1789, to June 1, 1796, when he resigned; Governor of Massachusetts 1800-1807, 1812-1816; died in Northampton, Mass., November 7, 1819; interment in Bridge Street Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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