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'''Caleb Strong''' was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]], representing the state of [[Massachusetts]].<ref>[http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/caleb-strong/ A Biography of Caleb Strong 1745-1819]</ref>

'''Caleb Strong''' was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]], representing the state of [[Massachusetts]].<ref>[http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/caleb-strong/ A Biography of Caleb Strong 1745-1819]</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Caleb Strong was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on January 9, 1745.  He graduated at Harvard in 1764. He was descended from John Strong, who came from Taunton, England, in 1630, and settled in Northampton.

Caleb Strong was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on January 9, 1745.  He graduated at Harvard in 1764. He was descended from John Strong, who came from Taunton, England, in 1630, and settled in Northampton.

*  Mr. Strong thought with Mr. Gerry that the power of making ought to be kept distinct from that of expounding, the laws. No maxim was better established. The Judges in exercising the function of expositors might be influenced by the part they had taken, in passing the laws.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_721.asp Madison Debates, July 21 1787]</ref>

*  Mr. Strong thought with Mr. Gerry that the power of making ought to be kept distinct from that of expounding, the laws. No maxim was better established. The Judges in exercising the function of expositors might be influenced by the part they had taken, in passing the laws.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_721.asp Madison Debates, July 21 1787]</ref>

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Hartford Convention]]

* [[Hartford Convention]]

* [[Judicial Activism]]

* [[Judicial Activism]]

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