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Caleb Strong (January 9, 1745 - November 7, 1819) was a U.S. political figure. Born in 1745 in Northampton, Massachusetts, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts in 1780. He also served as the governor of Massachusetts between 1800 and 1807, and again from 1812 until 1816.
Governor Strong opposed the War of 1812 to the point of refusing to call out the State militia to support the war. He was an early advocate of States rights who said that the power to call out the State militia belonged to the Governor of the State and not to the President. Reluctance by white men to take part in the War of 1812 forced Andrew Jackson and commander Oliver Hazard Perry to incorporate colored men into their ranks. He died in 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and is buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Strong was elected as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution. Illness forced him to return to Massachusetts before the work was completed, so he did not sign the document. However, he supported its adoption by the state's ratifying convention.
In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Caleb Strong was named in his honor.
| Preceded by(none) | U.S. senator from Massachusetts 1789–1795 Served alongside: Tristram Dalton, George Cabot |
Succeeded byTheodore Sedgwick |
| Preceded byGovernor's Council | Governor of Massachusetts May 30, 1800–May 29, 1807 |
Succeeded byJames Sullivan |
| Preceded byElbridge Gerry | Governor of Massachusetts June, 1812–May 30, 1816 |
Succeeded byJohn Brooks |
