Michael Lathrop "Mike" Strang (born June 17, 1929) was a one-term U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Colorado

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. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...

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He served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army

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 from 1950 to 1953.
Rancher.
Investment banker from 1957 to 1985.

Strang was elected as a Republican

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 to the Ninety-ninth

99th United States Congress

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 Congress (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1986.
He resumed horse and cattle ranching and worked as a consultant on natural resources and taxes.
He is a resident of Carbondale, Colorado

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Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 5,196 at the 2000 census. The town is located in the mid valley of the Roaring Fork River, downstream from Aspen and upstream from the mouth of the Roaring Fork at Glenwood Springs. The town...

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