Stephen Strong (October 11, 1791 – April 15, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician and one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1845 to 1847.
[3] He attended Oneida Academy, today known as Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
[1] "He was an eminent advocate, famous not for his technical legal knowledge, but for his great tact and ingenuity, and wonderful resources of his own in the management of cases, and for his inspiring and magnetic powers of eloquent speech which was always more powerful than polished.
During his time in the House, he served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State.
[1] After Ausburn Birdsall succeeded him in the House, Strong resumed the practice of law in Owego, New York.