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P. Bassett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#194.90.85">Frank Houston Bassett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#166.11.70">Frank Houston Bassett Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#461.18.11">Ocie Houston Brooks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#664.43.83">George Houston Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#579.01.06">Houston Harry Buckley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnett.html#997.46.02">John Houston Burnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#619.69.75">J. Houston Childers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#046.39.95">Sam Houston Clinton Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#588.37.87">James Houston Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudley.html#819.61.95">Richard Houston Dudley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#184.89.83">Robert Houston Eaves</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#458.43.28">Houston Ellis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estes.html#011.31.62">Houston T. Estes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#075.77.95">Houston Irving Flournoy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#622.81.24">Houston Gordon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#968.56.93">Houston Harte</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jabar-jackman.html#863.39.78">William Houston Jack</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#461.32.42">Houston W. Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#157.42.53">Houston Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones8.html#629.14.42">Sam Houston Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/joyes-judah.html#907.29.05">Denise Houston Joyner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#998.78.23">Sam Houston Justice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#138.87.46">Thomas Jacob Kennamer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/koraleski-kouzoff.html#043.95.58">Peter Houston Kostmayer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#145.73.37">Houston Landon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#779.52.35">Andrew Houston Longino</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#487.22.79">Houston Lovelace</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmurchie-mcnally.html#595.67.00">Houston McMurray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mellette-memorial.html#343.35.67">Sam Houston Melton Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#542.26.26">Theodore W. Metcalfe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html#329.74.26">Houston Myers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#799.54.91">Francis Philo Phelps</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.33.50">Francis Philo Phelps</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#338.11.09">James Houston Price</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts1.html#970.93.02">Albert Houston Roberts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sauner-sawtelle.html#398.59.15">John Houston Savage</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas5.html#325.09.84">James Houston Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#437.87.71">Houston Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#022.10.20">George E. Van Kennen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#044.42.78">Houston Wilson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young4.html#716.47.86">Houston Goff Young</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.46.03">Houston, A. M.</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="732.29.25">Houston, Andrew Jackson</a> (1854-1941) — of La Porte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/06-21.html">June 21, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1892 (Republican), 1910 (Prohibition), 1912 (Prohibition); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1941; died in office 1941. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/06-26.html">June 26, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 5 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms01520">Abbey Mausoleum</a> (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#772.03.14">Samuel Houston</a> and Margaret (Lea) Houston.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10732.html">Daniel-Houston family</a> of Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000821">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405668">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew Jackson Houston">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="524.95.06">Houston, Ben S.</a> — of Mooresville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-lived.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/mooresville.html#2">Mooresville, N.C.</a>, 1947-66 (acting, 1947). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="306.21.37">Houston, Byron D.</a> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Mansfield; elected 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="910.27.91">Houston, C. S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1938, 1940, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="084.46.35">Houston, Charles Bell</a> (1845-1907) — also known as Charles B. Houston — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/12-30.html">December 30, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; director, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County, 1891-94. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney ailment</a>, in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-25.html">June 25, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms04649">Millsboro Cemetery</a>, Millsboro, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; uncle of <a href="#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> and <a href="#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134760641">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="654.75.03">Houston, Clarence O.</a> (b. 1854) — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CT-lived.html">Chariton County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CT-born.html">Chariton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-06.html">April 6, 1854</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Chariton County, 1917-24. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-12.html">September 12, 1878</a>, to Alla Elliott.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="352.31.61">Houston, Claudius H.</a> — of Tennessee. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1929-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/-/media/images/houston_david.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/348/68.05.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="David F. Houston"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="348.68.05">Houston, David Franklin</a> (1866-1940) — also known as David F. Houston — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/02-17.html">February 17, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Texas, 1905-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">chancellor</a>, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1913-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1920-21; vice president, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telegraph</a> Co. and president, Bell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Securities Co.; president, Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Insurance</a> Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Steel</a> Corporation. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/09-02.html">September 2, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-buried.html#cms04439">Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church</a>, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-11.html">December 11, 1895</a>, to Helen Beall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David F. Houston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/392/000167888">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15751028">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/people/david-f-houston">Federal Reserve History</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Federal Reserve History</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="458.95.83">Houston, Felix</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Mississippi</a>, 1828-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="735.87.01">Houston, Frank A.</a> — of Fairbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/fairbury.html">Mayor of Fairbury, Neb.</a>; elected 1913. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="978.06.28">Houston, G. M.</a> — of Harrisonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Mo. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/harrisonville.html#2">Harrisonville, Mo.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="192.20.80">Houston, George</a> — of South Middletown (now Middletown), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 2nd District, 1848. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="604.69.12">Houston, George B.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 15th District, 1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="699.40.22">Houston, George S.</a> — of Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dayton.html#2">Dayton, Ohio</a>, 1826-31. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="577.86.73">Houston, George Smith</a> (1811-1879) — also known as George S. Houston — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LI-lived.html">Limestone County</a>, Ala. Born near Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/01-17.html">January 17, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a>, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43, 5th District 1843-49, 1851-61); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1874-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1879; died in office 1879. Slaveowner. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LI-died.html">Limestone County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-31.html">December 31, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LI-buried.html#cms02544">Athens City Cemetery</a>, Athens, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HO.html">Houston County, Ala.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000822">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405669">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-smith-houston/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George S. Houston">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="778.06.42">Houston, H. H.</a> — of Kentucky. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 1st District, 1872, 1876. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="887.31.45">Houston, Helen</a> — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KS.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="518.56.09">Houston, Henry Aydelotte</a> (1847-1925) — also known as Henry A. Houston — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/07-10.html">July 10, 1847</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1903-05. Died in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-05.html">April 5, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms04649">Millsboro Cemetery</a>, Millsboro, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/10-05.html">October 5, 1882</a>, to Eva Hickman; father of <a href="#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; uncle of <a href="#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000823">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405670">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7871746">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="188.73.63">Houston, Henry Aydelotte</a> (1890-1979) — also known as Henry A. Houston — of Michigan. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-29.html">March 29, 1890</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1932. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-buried.html#cms06805">White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Troy, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a> and Eva (Hickman) Houston; married to Mary Brewington; nephew of <a href="#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>; first cousin of <a href="#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.40.08">Houston, Howard E.</a> — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/meriden.html">Mayor of Meriden, Conn.</a>, 1949-51; defeated, 1951; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 5th District, 1965. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="013.98.36">Houston, Howard H.</a> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">Mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 1902-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="290.73.69">Houston, J. W.</a> — of Virgil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BE-lived.html">Beadle County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 23rd District, 1897-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="306.56.63">Houston, James</a> (1767-1819) — Born in Chestertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/10-10.html">October 10, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Maryland</a>, 1806-19; died in office 1819. Died in Chestertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/06-08.html">June 8, 1819</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 241 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1100&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/houston-james">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="033.44.63">Houston, James D.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/LA.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="549.60.70">Houston, James R.</a> — Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="566.86.97">Houston, Jefferson E.</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 16th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="777.63.78">Houston, John</a> — of Guilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-lived.html">Piscataquis County</a>, Maine. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/ME.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="225.70.65">Houston, John L.</a> — of Thompsonville, Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 2nd District, 1877-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/CT.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="135.44.86">Houston, John Mills</a> (1890-1975) — also known as John M. Houston — of Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/HA-lived.html">Harvey County</a>, Kan.; Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born near Formoso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JW-born.html">Jewell County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/09-15.html">September 15, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/newton.html">mayor of Newton, Kan.</a>, 1927-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> 5th District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1943-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/KS.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/04-29.html">April 29, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 226 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-buried.html#cms03979">Melrose Abbey Memorial Park</a>, Anaheim, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel J. Houston and Dora (Neaves) Houston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-28.html">May 28, 1920</a>, to Charlotte Stellhorn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-16.html">November 16, 1945</a>, to Ireta Robinson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000824">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405671">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6414070">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="984.76.21">Houston, John Mitchell</a> (1832-1893) — also known as John M. Houston — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-26.html">April 26, 1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1883-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-25.html">December 25, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 243 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms05504">a private or family graveyard</a>, Sussex County, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/">1855</a> to Nancy W. Hickman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Addie L. Hickman; father of <a href="#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; uncle of <a href="#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/195612043">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/455/61.59.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="John M. Houston"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="455.61.59">Houston, John Mitchell Moore</a> (1879-1941) — also known as John M. Houston — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-15.html">July 15, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 5th District, 1913-14. Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/09-09.html">September 9, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms01976">Lakeside Cemetery</a>, Dover, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and Addie (Hickman) Houston; married to Florence Wharton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-16.html">June 16, 1920</a>, to Mary A. (Warrington) Morris; nephew of <a href="#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; first cousin of <a href="#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, January 30, 1913</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="553.05.48">Houston, John W., Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 2nd District, 1905-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="225.82.42">Houston, John Wallace</a> (1814-1896) — also known as John W. Houston — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/05-04.html">May 4, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1845-51; state court judge in Delaware, 1855. Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-26.html">April 26, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms03591">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Lewes, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Houston and Elizabeth (Wiltbank) Houston; uncle of <a href="#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a>, <a href="#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> and <a href="#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000825">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405672">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10985424">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="786.80.60">Houston, Keith F.</a> — Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 13th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="355.00.02">Houston, Kevin</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 5th District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="024.79.65">Houston, Locke E.</a> — of Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MS.html">1876</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="841.11.48">Houston, Nathan F.</a> — of Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-lived.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/belfast.html">Mayor of Belfast, Maine</a>, 1876-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="426.64.07">Houston, Oscar E.</a> — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CA.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="572.24.21">Houston, R. L.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/PA.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="388.62.72">Houston, Robert G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1898-99. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="314.20.39">Houston, Robert Griffith</a> (1867-1946) — also known as Robert G. Houston — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-13.html">October 13, 1867</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1925-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); Independent Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1936. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/01-29.html">January 29, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms03591">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Lewes, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Henry Houston and Comfort Tingle (Hitchens) Houston; nephew of <a href="#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a>, <a href="#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>, <a href="#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>, <a href="#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000826">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405673">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="625.34.35">Houston, Robert J.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1886. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="104.96.23">Houston, Robert L.</a> — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/birmingham.html#3">Birmingham, Ala.</a>, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AL.html">1892</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="889.90.84">Houston, Robert W.</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/columbia.html#3">Chief burgess of Columbia, Pennsylvania</a>, 1835-36. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Houston, Sam See <a href="#772.03.14">Samuel Houston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="036.77.57">Houston, Sam</a> — of Lewisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-lived.html">Denton County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/lewisville.html">Mayor of Lewisville, Tex.</a>, 1969-73. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="244.48.11">Houston, Sam</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/spju.html">justice of Texas state supreme court</a>, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="514.30.49">Houston, Samuel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 7th District, 1828-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010649424/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/772/03.14.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Sam Houston"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="772.03.14">Houston, Samuel</a> (1793-1863) — also known as Sam Houston — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn.; Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WK-lived.html">Walker County</a>, Tex. Born near Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-born.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/03-02.html">March 2, 1793</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th District 1825-27); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1827-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Nacogdoches, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of San Augustine, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention</a> from District of Refugio, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rdofi.html">signer, Texas Declaration of Independence</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rpres.html">President of the Texas Republic</a>, 1836-38, 1841-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1846-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1859-61. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WK-died.html">Walker County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/07-26.html">July 26, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WK-buried.html#cms02495">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-buried.html#cms07600">Herman Park</a>, Houston, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#732.29.25">Andrew Jackson Houston</a>; second great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniel-daniello.html#432.67.90">Marion Price Daniel</a>); third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniel-daniello.html#361.78.12">Marion Price Daniel Jr.</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#744.99.28">David Hubbard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10732.html">Daniel-Houston family</a> of Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Houston counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HO.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HO.html">Tenn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HS.html">Tex.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ships</a> SS Sam Houston (built 1941, at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">Atlantic Ocean</a>) and SS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the same shipyard; scrapped 1959) were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#998.78.23">Houston Justice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones8.html#629.14.42">Sam H. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#046.39.95">Sam Houston Clinton, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mellette-memorial.html#343.35.67">Sam H. Melton, Jr.</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000827">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405674">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-houston-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam Houston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/337/000032241">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/510">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Sam Houston: James L. Haley, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806134054/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0806134054&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Sam Houston</a> — Marquis James, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0292770405/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0292770405&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Raven : A Biography of Sam Houston</a> — Randolph B. Campbell, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321091396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0321091396&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Sam Houston and the American Southwest</a> — John F. Kennedy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060955449/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060955449&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Profiles in Courage</a> — Jean Fritz, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399213031/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399213031&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Make Way for Sam Houston</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="932.09.18">Houston, Samuel H.</a> — of Louisiana. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/LA.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="091.67.54">Houston, Sherman P.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="939.80.75">Houston, Thelma</a> — of Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MI.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="691.48.07">Houston, Thomas E.</a> — of Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va.; Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WV.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/WV.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/WV.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="306.50.21">Houston, Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha</a> (1876-1959) — also known as Victor S. K. Houston — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/07-22.html">July 22, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory</a>, 1927-33; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/HI.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/HI.html">1932</a>. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-died.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/07-31.html">July 31, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-buried.html#cms04150">Oahu Cemetery</a>, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000828">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405675">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="774.27.54">Houston, W. D.</a> — of Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/KS.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="692.49.67">Houston, W. P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cass County, 1905-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.93.89">Houston, Wallace B.</a> — of Pennsylvania. U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Caimanera</a>, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="494.93.05">Houston, William</a> — of Indiana. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 5th District, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="331.59.36">Houston, William</a> — of Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RA-lived.html">Rapides Parish</a>, La. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/LA.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="679.65.88">Houston, William C., Jr.</a> — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/TN.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="588.54.77">Houston, William Cannon</a> (1852-1931) — also known as William C. Houston — of Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CN-lived.html">Cannon County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/BE-born.html">Bedford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/03-17.html">March 17, 1852</a>. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1876, 1880; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; state court judge in Tennessee, 1894; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1905-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/index.html">1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CN-buried.html#cms03930">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Woodbury, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000829">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405676">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="764.69.09">Houston, William Churchill</a> (c.1746-1788) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Born in Sumter District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>), S.C., about 1746. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Somerset County, 1777-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1779-81, 1784-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, while lodging at an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">inn</a> in Frankford, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/08-12.html">August 12, 1788</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms05973">Mt. Vernon Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Jane Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000830">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405677">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31886636">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="324.17.42">Houston, William F.</a> — of Newburyport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/newburyport.html">Mayor of Newburyport, Mass.</a>, 1905-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="779.04.94">Houston, William L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/DC.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DC.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="201.73.20">Houston, William R.</a> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Member of New York American Labor Party Executive Committee, 1945. Presumed deceased. 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