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STRANGE, Robert, senator, born in Virginia, 20 September, 1796 ; died in Fayetteville, North Carolina, 19 February, 1854. He was educated at Hampden Sidney college, and then studied law. After being admitted to the bar he settled in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and in 1821 was elected to the North Carolina house of delegates, where he served in 1822-'3 and 1826. He was elected in 1826 judge of the superior court, and held that place until 1836. when he withdrew from the bench to take his seat in the United States senate. He continued a member of that body until 1840, when he resigned after refusing to obey the instructions of the North Carolina legislature. On his return to Fayetteville he resumed his profession, and subsequently was solicitor of the 5th judicial district of North Carolina. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Rutgers in 1840. Judge Strange published for private circulation a novel entitled "Eoneguski, or the Cherokee Chief," in which he preserved many of the traditions of the region in which he resided.
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