William F. Strowd
{{short description|American politician}}
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| name= William F. Strowd
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| state=North Carolina
| district=4th
| party=Democratic
| term_start= March 4, 1895
| term_end= March 3, 1899
| preceded= Benjamin H. Bunn
| succeeded= John W. Atwater
|birth_name= William Franklin Strowd
| birth_date={{birth date|1832|12|7}}
| birth_place=Chapel Hill, North Carolina
| death_date={{death date and age|1911|12|12|1832|12|7}}
| death_place=Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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| occupation= Farmer
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William Franklin Strowd (December 7, 1832 – December 12, 1911) was an American farmer and Confederate American Civil War veteran who served two terms as a Populist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1899.
Biography
Strowd was born near Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1832 and attended local schools.
= Civil War =
A farmer, he was a private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
= Career =
Strowd was a member of the North Carolina Constitution Convention of 1875. In 1892, he unsuccessfully sought election as a Populist to the U.S. House.
== Congress ==
= Later career and death =
He did not seek renomination in 1898, and died in 1911 in Chapel Hill, where he is buried.
References
- [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001027 US Congress Biography]
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Category:People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Category:People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
Category:North Carolina Populists
Category:Confederate States Army soldiers
Category:People of North Carolina in the American Civil War
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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