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 ==

In 1894, he succeeded, and served two terms in Washington, D.C., in the 54th and 55th Congresses.

= 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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| years=1895–1899

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Category:1832 births

Category:1911 deaths

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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