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==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.
==Career==
==Career==
He was a United States Senator from 1789 to 1796, and Governor of Massachusetts from 1800 to 1807 and from 1812 to 1816. He died in Northampton, November 7, 1819.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fTU4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA307 History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts: Including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and the Commonwealth]</ref>
He was a United States Senator from 1789 to 1796, and Governor of Massachusetts from 1800 to 1807 and from 1812 to 1816. He died in Northampton, November 7, 1819.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fTU4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA307 History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts: Including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and the Commonwealth]</ref>
==Quotes==
* 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>[]</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Hartford Convention]]
* [[Hartford Convention]]
* [[Judicial Activism]]
==References==
==References==
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