Michael L. Strang

Michael Lathrop "Mike" Strang (June 17, 1929 – January 12, 2014) was an American politician who was a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1985 to 1987.

Born in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Strang was the grandson of landscape painter William Langson Lathrop.

in history from Princeton University in 1956 after completing a senior thesis titled "Law, Politics and Religion: The Mercury View.

[4] Strang served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1970 to 1974, where he notably introduced legislation to legalize and regulate the sale and consumption of marijuana.

[1][4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress