Frank Houx

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Frank L. Houx

Frank Lee Houx (born December 12, 1860 in Lexington , Missouri , † April 3, 1941 in Cody , Wyoming ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ), who was governor of the state of Wyoming from 1917 to 1919 .

Career

Houx graduated from Shaw's Business College in Kansas City , Missouri in 1884 . The following year he moved to Montana , where he ran the cattle business, and ten years later to Cody, Wyoming, where he was twice elected mayor of Cody. He was then elected Secretary of State twice before becoming governor himself following the election of Governor John B. Kendrick to the US Senate . His tenure fell during World War I , where he mobilized the National Guard of Wyoming for federal service. He also called the Wyoming Council for National Defense and nominated people to lead the Select Service Draft . After he was beaten on his re-election attempt in 1918, he went to the oil refining in Texas , but he returned to Cody in 1935, where he also died.

He was also married twice. He had three children with his first wife, Augusta Camp, and had four children with his second wife, Ida Mason Christy.

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SURNAME Houx, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Houx, Frank Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Lexington , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1941
Place of death Cody , Wyoming