Born on a farm near Jefferson City, Missouri, Strong moved to Texas in 1871 with his parents, who settled in Montague County.

He attended the rural schools of Montague County, Texas, and was graduated from Eastman's National Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1884.

Strong was elected at-large as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935).

He died in Dallas on March 28, 1936 and was interred in Old Oak Cliff Cemetery.

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