John C. Houk

John C. Houk

John Chiles Houk (born February 26, 1860 in Clinton , Anderson County , Tennessee , †  June 3, 1923 in Fountain City , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1895 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Houk was the son of Congressman Leonidas C. Houk , who was a major influence in the Tennessee Republican Party . The younger Houk attended the public schools in his home country and moved with his parents to Knoxville in 1871 , where he studied at the University of Tennessee . Between 1881 and 1883 he was an administrative clerk at the Federal Pension Bureau in Washington . After studying law at what is now George Washington University and his admission to the bar in 1884, he began working in his new profession in Knoxville.

Like his father, John Houk became a senior Republican member in Tennessee. For four years he was on the party's state executive. From 1889 to 1891 he was employed as an assistant door keeper in the administration of the Congress . After the death of his father, he was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on December 7, 1891, when the by-election was due for the second seat of Tennessee. After being re-elected in the 1892 elections , he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1895 .

In 1894 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He also continued his political career at the state level. He served in the Tennessee Senate from 1897 to 1899, 1911 to 1913, and 1917 to 1923 . John Houk died in Fountain City on June 3, 1923.

Web links

• John C. Houk in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John C. Houk in the database of Find a Grave (English)