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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Houston family of Delaware</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Wallace Houston (1814-1896)</b> — also known as <b>John W. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Houston and Elizabeth (Wiltbank) Houston; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <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></span></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> <b>John Mitchell Houston (1832-1893)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/195612043">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Charles Bell Houston (1845-1907)</b> — also known as <b>Charles B. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134760641">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</b> — also known as <b>Henry A. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <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></span></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> <b>Robert Griffith Houston (1867-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Robert G. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Henry Houston and Comfort Tingle (Hitchens) Houston; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#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>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <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></span></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> <b>James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Tunnell</b> — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/08-02.html">August 2, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/DE.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/DE.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/DE.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Delaware Democratic state chair</a>, 1929-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Democratic National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1937-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1941-47; defeated, 1924, 1946. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-14.html">November 14, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms01292">Blackwater Church Cemetery</a>, Near Clarksville, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry Maull Tunnell and Rhoda Elizabeth (Bennett) Tunnell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-10.html">November 10, 1905</a>, to Sarah Ethel Dukes; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000409">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410978">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James M. Tunnell">Wikipedia article</a></span></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> <b>John Mitchell Moore Houston (1879-1941)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, January 30, 1913</span></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> <b>Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</b> — also known as <b>Henry A. Houston</b> — 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a> and Eva (Hickman) Houston; married to Mary Brewington; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <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>).</span></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> <b>James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Tunnell</b> — of Delaware. Born in Frankford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-18.html">June 18, 1910</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1966. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/06-06.html">June 6, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 353 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a> and Sarah Ethel (Dukes) Tunnell; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. 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