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HOUSTON, William Cannon, 1852-1931
HOUSTON, William Cannon, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., March 17, 1852; moved with his mother to Woodbury, Cannon County, Tenn., in 1858; attended the schools of Woodbury and Sweetwater, Tenn.; engaged in agricultural pursuits and later in the publication of a newspaper; member of the State house of representatives 1877-1879 and 1881-1885; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Woodbury, Tenn.; member of the Democratic State executive committee in 1888; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1888; elected judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1894, was reelected in 1902, and served until elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1919); chairman, Committee on the Census (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Territories (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1918; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920; died on his plantation, “Beaver Dam,” near Woodbury, Tenn., August 30, 1931; interment in Riverside Cemetery, near Woodbury, Tenn.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000829
Houston, William Cannon (1852-1931) -- also known as William C. Houston -- of Woodbury, Cannon County, Tenn. Born in Bedford County, Tenn., March 17, 1852. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1876, 1880; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1888; state court judge in Tennessee, 1894; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1905-19. Christian. Died in 1931. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Woodbury, Tenn. See also: congressional biography.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#R9M0J13P1
b. Sept 21, 1889
b. July 4, 1882
b. March 17 1852
b. March 19, 1884
Simpson H. Houston, youngest son of William Cannon Houston
Left to right: Frank K. Houston, William Cannon Houston, Jr. and Simpson H. Houston
*Identites not confirmed
