Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Strickland ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dattawa ta Michigan daga gundumar 22 a 1861 da 1862 kuma ya zama babban jami'in gundumar majalisa ta shida daga 1863 zuwa 1865. Ya kasance wakili ne a taron kasa na Republican a 1856
da kuma 1868.