Robert G. Houston

Robert G. Houston

Robert Griffith Houston (born October 13, 1867 in Milton , Delaware , † January 29, 1946 in Lewes , Delaware) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Houston was a nephew of John W. Houston , who had also served in the US House of Representatives for Delaware between 1845 and 1851. The younger Houston attended public schools in Lewes between 1872 and 1882 and then initially worked in agriculture. After studying law and his admission to the bar in 1888, he began to work in Georgetown in his new profession. Between 1890 and 1895 he was also a member of the Delaware National Guard. Then he worked in the newspaper business. He became the owner and editor of the Sussex Republican newspaper. He held this position between 1893 and 1934. After being renamed "Sussex Countian", he continued his publishing activities until his death in 1946.

Houston was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1900 and 1904 he headed the federal customs service for the district of Delaware. At the same time he was from 1901 to 1903 President of the First National Bank of Georgetown . Houston was also a member of a civic movement that drafted a new school law for the state of Delaware in 1921. From 1920 to 1924 he was Deputy Attorney General of Delaware. He was also temporarily employed by the Foreign Property Administration Authority.

In 1924, Houston was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over on March 4, 1925, the successor to the Democrat William H. Boyce , whom he had defeated in the election. After he was confirmed in the following elections with a share of the vote between 56% and 64%, Houston was able to complete a total of four terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . In 1932 he renounced another candidacy. In the following years he devoted himself mainly to his work as a publisher and as a lawyer. Between 1933 and 1935 he was again Deputy Attorney General of Delaware. In 1936 he ran as an independent candidate for the US Senate . He received only 5% of the vote. The election was won by James H. Hughes of the Democratic Party. Robert Houston died in Lewes in 1946 and was buried there. He was married to Margaret White.

Web links

• Robert G. Houston in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert G. Houston in the database of Find a Grave (English)