Houston, George S
lawyer, statelegislator, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Jan. 17, 1811, in Williamson county, Tenn. He was elect-- ed to the Alabama legislature and served two sessions; was for a time attorney for the state; and was a second time elected to the legislature. He was. elected a representative to congress in 1841, and continued to serve by successivere-elections until 1849. He was again elected to congress in 1851, and subsequently re-elected. He was governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1876; and was elected United States senator from Alabama. for the term of six years from March 4, 1879. He died Dec. 31, 1879, in Athens; Ala.