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■was on board the Minnesota, 1882-83; the Sicatdra, 1883-85; at tlie navy vara, Boston, 188G-89 ; and on the nautical sclioul ship, Saratoga, 1889-92. He was promoted commander, Jan. 9. 1893 ; commanded the Saratoga, 1893-95, and the £^ss&r, 1890-98 ; and was at tlie navy j^ard. League Is- land, fitting monitors for sea at the commence- ment of the war with Spain, commanding the Montank, and at the navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1898-99. He was promoted captain, Oct. 10, 1899 ; commanded the Monadnock at JIanila, P.I., 1900. and was retired with the rank of rear- admiral. Nov. 21. 1900, residing subsequently at AU.any. N.Y.

STRONG, Frank, educator, was born in Venice, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1859 ; son of John Butler and Mary (Foote) Strong; grandson of John Butler and Joanna (Johnson) Strong, and of Jared and Eliza (Clark) Foote, and a descendant of Elder John Strong. Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630, and one of the first .settlers of Northampton, Mass. ; and of Nathaniel Foote, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1633, and Wethersfield, Conn., 1635. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1884, A.M., 1893, Ph.D., 1897 ; Yale Law school, 1885 ; studied law with Sereno E. Payne, Auburn, N.Y., and taught in the high school, 1885-86 ; was admitted to tiie bar at Rochester, N.Y., October, 1886, and practised in Kansas City, Mo., 1886-88. He was principal of the high school, St. Josepli, Mo., 1888-92, and on June 24, 1890, was married to Mary Evelyn, daughter of William Z. and Sarah (Robinson) Ransom, of St. Joseph, Mo. He was superintendent of schools at Lincoln, Neb., 1892- 95 : lecturer on history at Yale, 1897-99, and president of the University of Oregon, 1899-1902. On Oct. 17, 1902, he was installed chancellor of the University of Kansas. He is the author of : Life of Benjamin Franklin (1898); A Forgotten Danger to the Neio England Colonies (1898); Causes of CromtvelVs West Indian Expedition, 1654-55 (1899), and Government of the American People (1891).

STRONG, George Crockett, soldier, was born in Stockbridge, Vt., Oct. 16, 1832. His father died when he was young and he was adopted by his uncle, A. L. Strong. He entered the U.S. Military academy, July 1, 1853, and was brevetted 2d lieutenant of ordnance, July 1, 1857. He was in command of Mt. Vernon arsenal, Ala., 1858- 59, and was commissioned 2d lieutenant of ord- nance, July 31, 1859. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1861, and served as ordnance officer on the staff of General McDowell in the Manassas campaign, being engaged in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, as assistant ordnance officer on MeClellan's staff at Wa.shington, Jul)'- Septeniber. 1861. ami as chief of staff to (ieneral Butler. He commanded the expedition from

Ship Island to Biloxi, Miss., in April, 1862, and the expedition to Ponchatoula, General Jefferson Thompson's headquarters, in September. 1862. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volun- teers, Nov. 29, 1862, and was promoted captain of ordnance, March 3, 1863, but because of illness was in New York city until June, 1863, when he was given command of the first brigade, first divi- sion, department of the south. He took part in the operations against Charleston, S.C, includ- ing the attack on Morris Inland, July 10, and the siege of Fort Wagner, and was mortally wounded while leading a charge at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. He is the author of : Cadet Life at West Poi?if (1862). He died in New York city, July 30, 1863.

STRONG, James, representative, was born in Windham, Conn., in 1783. He was graduated from the University of Vermont. A.B., 1806. He then removed to Hudson, N.Y., where he practised law, and was a Federalist represen- tative from New York in the 16th and 18th-21st congresses, 1819-21 and 1823-31. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from the University of Vermont in 1824. He died in Chester, N.J. , Aug. 8, 1847.

STRONG, James, educator, was born in New York, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1822; son of Thomas and Maria Strong. His father emigrated from Eng- land to New York in 1815, and died in 1826. James Strong was graduated from Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1844; was teacher of ancient languages in Troy Conference academy. West Poultney, Vt., 1844-46 ; resigning on account of ill health. He was married, July 18, 1845, to Marcia, daughter of Alanson and Philena Dustin, of Middlebury, Vt., and they had six children, of whom Cyrus J., born 1862, was a practising physician in New York city. Mr. Strong spent the winter of 1847 in New York city; resided in Newtown, N.Y., 1848-49, and in Flushing, N.Y., 1849-58, where for two years he was actively engaged in carrying through the con- struction of a railroad to New York cit}', serving as president of the company. He was professor of Biblical literature and acting president of Troy univei'sity, 1858-61, after which he returned to Flushing. In 1861 he was appointed professor of exegetical theology in Drew Theological seminary, Madison, N.J. ; traveled in Palestine and Egypt in 1874, and in 1893 resigned his professorship on account of failing health, being appointed pro- fessor emeritus. He subsequently lectured at the sununer school at Round Lake, N.Y. He received the honorary degree of D.D. in 1856, and that of LL.D. in 1881 from Wesleyan uni- versity. He was a member of the committee of revision of the Old Testament in 1871 ; a delegate to the General conference of the Methodist Epis-