Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Strickland ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dattawa ta Michigan daga gundumar 22 a 1861 da 1862 kuma ya kasance babban jami'in gundumar majalisa ta shida daga 1863 zuwa 1865. Ya kasance wakili ne a majalisun Republican na kasa a
1856 da kuma 1868.