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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Houston was a nephew of John W. Houston, who had also been sitting 1845-1851 for Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives. The younger Houston visited 1872-1882 the public schools in Lewes and initially worked thereafter in agriculture. After studying law and its made ​​in 1888 admitted to the bar he began in Georgetown to work in his new profession. Between 1890 and 1895 he was also a member of the National Guard of Delaware. After that, he worked in the newspaper business. He was owner and editor of the newspaper " Sussex Republican ". He held this position from 1893-1934. After a name change to " Sussex Countian " he continued his publishing activity continued up to his death in 1946.

Houston was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1900 and 1904 he headed the Federal Customs Authority 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 citizens' movement, which drew up 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 authority for managing foreign ownership.

1924 Houston was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1925, the successor to the Democrats William H. Boyce, whom he had defeated in the election. After he was confirmed in the following elections with a vote share between 56% and 64%, respectively, Houston was able to complete up to March 3, 1933 a total of four legislative sessions in Congress. In 1932 he gave up 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 U.S. Senate. He received only 5% of the vote. The elections won by James H. Hughes of the Democratic Party. Robert Houston died in 1946 in Lewes and was also buried there. He was married to Margaret White.

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