William F. Strowd

William Franklin Strowd was an American farmer and Confederate American Civil War veteran who served two terms as a Populist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1899.

Biography

Strowd was born near Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] in 1832 and attended local schools.

Civil War

A farmer, he was a private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Career

Strowd was a member of the North Carolina Constitution Convention of 1875. In 1892, he unsuccessfully sought election as a Populist to the U.S. House.

Congress

In 1894, he succeeded, and served two terms in Washington, D.C., in the 54th and 55th Congresses.

Later career and death

He did not seek renomination in 1898, and died in 1911 in Chapel Hill, where he is buried.