Houghton, George Washington Wright – Houston, James
Houghton, George Washington Wright
journalist, poet, was born Aug. 12, 1850, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a journalist and poet of New York city. His published volumes of verse include, Songs from Over the Sea; Album Leaves; Drift from York Harbor, Maine; The Legend of St. Olaf's Kirk; and Niagara, and Other Poems. He died in April, 1891, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Houghton, Henry Clark
physician, educator, author, was born Jan. 22, 1837, in Boston, Mass. He is a physician of New York city; dean of the ophthalmic hospital; and the author of Lectures on Clinical Otology.
Houghton, James Franklin
merchant, civil engineer, was born Dec. 1, 1827, in Cambridge, Mass. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Massachusetts, and in 1848 graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute. He first accepted a responsible position in the construction of the Boston water works; and in 1849 moved to California by way of Cape Horn. In 1853 he became a member of the lumber firm of Pine and Houghton, which became the best known and most powerful house the Pacific coast.
During 1862-68 he served as surveyor-general of the state of California; and for eighteen years was president of the Home Mutual Insurance company. He has filled numerous public positions of honor; was president of the South San Francisco Dock company and other corporations; and has now retired from active business. on
Houghton, John Henry
clergyman, was born March 29, 1848, in Albany, N. Y. He attended Claverack college, St. Stephen's college, and the General Theological seminary. In 1872 he was ordained to the deaconate of the episcopal church; and in 1875 to the priesthood.
In 1872 he was deacon of the Trinity church of New York city; in 1876 was called to St. Paul's church of Salem, N. Y., after a year's travel in Europe; and in 1886 became rector of the Rexleigh school in the same city. Since 1892 he has been rector of St. Mark's of Denver, Colo.; and is a canon of the cathedral of St. John, and a member of the standing committee of the diocese.
Houghton, Sherman Otis
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born April 10, 1828, in New York city. He received his education in the private schools of New York city. In 1846 he enlisted in the first regiment of New York volunteers for service during the war with Mexico. He went with his regiment around Cape Horn in 1846, arriving at San Francisco on March 26, 1847. numerous He participated in conflicts with the Mexican troops; was promoted to a lieutenancy, and made adjutant of his command. After his return to California he engaged in gold mining for a short time; remained in San Jose during 1849-86; thence to Los Angeles, where he has since resided. In 1855-56 he was mayor of San Jose; was a member of the fifty-second and fiftythird congresses. He served two years as ordnance officer on the staff of Major- General H. W. Halleck, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1860 he was admitted to the bar; has been leading counsel in numerous important cases involving titles under Spanish and Mexican land grants in California.
Houk, Clyde Stanley
educator, writer, was born Jan. 22, 1873, in New Haven, Ill. After receiving the rudiments of his education in the public schools, he attended the Southern Illinois university, and graduated from that institution in 1893. He then took up educational work; has taught German, French and Spanish; and has attained prominence as a writer for educational papers and magazines.
Houk, George W
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 25, 1825, in Cumberland county, Pa. For awhile he taught school. He was admitted to the bar in 1846; and practiced law in Dayton, Ohio.
In 1852-53 he was elected to the Ohio state legislature; and in 1860 was a delegate to the Charleston - Baltimore convention. In 1876 he was a delegate to the national republican convention; and in 1884 was district elector on the democratic presidential ticket. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat; and was re-elected to the fiftythird congress, but died before the expiration of his second term. His contributions to the press embraced a wide range of subjects. His wife has also attained prominence as an author.
Houk, John C
congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1860, in Clinton, Tenn. He was elected from Tennessee to the fiftysecond, and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a republican.
House, Edward Howard
journalist, critic, author, was born Sept. 5, 1836, in Boston, Mass. He is a journalist and critic of Boston and New York; long resident in Japan; and the author of The Simonoseki Affair; The Kagosima Affair; The Japanese Expedition to Formosa; Japanese Episodes; Yone Santo, a Child of Japan; and The Midnight Warning, and Other Stories.
House, Hanna A
poet, was born near Hillsboro, Va. She has attained prominence in the south in the field of literature; is the author of a number of very fine poems, several of which have received a place in standard national collections of poetry.
House, James Alford
inventor, was born April 6, 1838, in New York city.
In 1864 he became the mechanical engineer of the Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing company. The button-hole machine made by this corporation was invented by him in 1862, and the buttonhole attachment for their family sewingmachine was patented by him in 1866. He has also invented an india-rubber trunk shield and several sewing-machine improvements.
House, John F
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 9, 1827, in Williamson county, Tenn. He was elected a member of the state legislature in 1853; was a presidential elector in 1860; and in 1861 was a member of the provisional congress of confederate states. He entered the southern army and remained until the close of the war. He was a member of the house of the Tennessee constitutional convention of 1870; and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortyfourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, and fortyseventh congresses as a democrat.
House, Royal Earl
inventor, was born Sept. 9, 1814, in Rockingham, Vt.
The practicability of the printing-telegraph became manifest to him, and he invented a keyboard, a single line of insulated electric conductors, magnets, type-wheels, automatic platens, and paper-carriers, for several stations, adapted for transmitting and printing messages in Roman characters.
Houseman, Julius
merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1832, in Germany. He was a representative in the Michigan state legislature in 1871 and 1872; and was elected a representative from Michigan to the fortyeighth congress as a democrat.
Houser, Jesse P
lawyer, jurist, was born March 2, 1864, in Columbus, Ind. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and graduated from the state normal school of Kirksville, Mo.
He has attained prominence as an able lawyer; was elected mayor of Mount Vernon, Wash., in 1894, for a term of two years; and in 1896 was elected judge of the superior court of the state of Washington for a term of four years.
Houser, Samuel T
banker, governor, was born in 1832. He became largely interested in mining, and was successful; settled at Helena, Mont.; and became president of the First National bank of Helena. In 1885 he was appointed governor of the territory of Montana for the term of four years.
Houston, a. Ross
soldier, civil engineer, was born March 20, 1848, in Middletown, N. Y. He received his education at the Walkill academy and from private tutors. At the age of sixteen he entered. the union army as second lieutenant in the fourth engineer corps D'Afrique; was promoted to first lieutenant and captain, and assigned as aid-de-camp at headquarters, department of the Gulf, and served in the campaigns of Red River and against Mobile in 1864-65. After his war service Capt. Houston entered the employ of the engineer department of the United States army, and has remained continuously in that department to the present time, serving on the New England coast and on works connected with the great lakes and rivers of the northwest.
Houston, Daniel Franklin
educator, author. He is a professor of political economy in the university of Texas; and the author of A Critical History of Nullification in South Carolina.
Houston, David Crawford
civil engineer, was born Dec. 5, 1835, in New York city. During the civil war, as first lieutenant of the engineer corps, he aided. in constructing the defences of Washington, D. C. In 1865 he was brevetted colonel for gallant and meritorious services during the rebellion.
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.
Houston, James
lawyer, jurist, was born in Maryland. In 1806 he was ap-- pointed United States judge for the dis-- trict of Maryland.