Bennett Strong
Bennett U. Strong (April 28, 1819February 1, 1906) was an American businessman and Republican politician. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Sauk County. Biography. Bennett Strong was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, in 1819. He was raised and educated there and came to Wisconsin in 1853, settling at Janesville. In 1857, he relocated to the town of Spring Green in Sauk County. He owned a farm and operated a hotel there, and represented Spring Green for seven years on the Sauk County board of supervisors. He also served as justice of the peace. In 1869 , he was elected on the Republican Party ticket to the Wisconsin State Senate, representing all of Sauk County. In the Legislature, he served on the committees on incorporations, on legislative expenditures, and on military affairs. He did not run for re-election in 1871. Sometime after 1880, Strong and his wife moved to Los Angeles County, California, where he died in 1906.