Early Life
Strong was born in Connecticut and later moved to Pennsylvania. He was the cousin of U.S. Representative Theron Rudd Strong of New York. William Strong attended the Munson Academy in Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale University in 1828 Phi Beta Kappa before starting his legal practice in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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