Former Congressman Michael L. Strang Has Died
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Michael Lathrop "Mike" Strang (June 17, 1929 – January 12, 2014) was an American politician who was a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1985 to 1987. Born in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Strang was the grandson of landscape painter William Langson Lathrop. His family moved to Colorado in 1932, where he was raised and homeschooled at their ranch near Golden.
He served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army
from 1950 to 1953.
Strang graduated with an A.B. in history from Princeton
University in 1956 after completing a senior thesis titled "Law, Politics
and Religion: The Mercury View." He then did graduate work at the
University of Geneva in Switzerland.
He was a rancher and investment banker from 1957 to 1985.
Strang served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1970 to 1974, where he notably introduced legislation to legalize and regulate the sale and consumption of marijuana.
In 1984, he was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth
Congress, defeating W Mitchell. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1986, losing to Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
He resumed horse and cattle ranching and worked as a consultant on natural resources and taxes. He was a resident of Carbondale, Colorado until his death there on January 12, 2014
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