George S. Houston
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George Smith Houston | |
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| 24th Governor of Alabama | |
| In office 1874–1878 | |
| Lieutenant | Robert F. Ligon |
| Preceded by | David P. Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Rufus W. Cobb |
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| Born | January 17, 1811 Franklin, Tennessee |
| Died | December 31, 1879 (aged 68) Athens, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
George Smith Houston (January 17, 1811 – December 31, 1879) was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878.
Born in 1811 in Franklin, Tennessee, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1841, whereupon he served nine consecutive terms.
His entry into the governorship in 1874 initialized a string of Democratic governors which remained unbroken until H. Guy Hunt, a Republican, became governor in 1987.
Houston had been elected to the Senate in 1866 but was not allowed to take the seat, as Alabama was still under Reconstruction. He was later reelected and served in the Senate from March 4, 1879 until his death at the end of that year in Athens, Alabama.
Alabama's southeasternmost county was named for him in 1903.
External links
- United States Congress. "George S. Houston (id: H000822)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- George Smith Houston. Alabama Governors by the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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