George Washington Houk | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – February 9, 1894 | |
| Preceded by | Elihu S. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Paul J. Sorg |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from theMontgomery County district | |
| In office January 5, 1852 – January 1, 1854 Serving with Daniel Beckel | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Dodds John E. Thoms |
| Succeeded by | William Goudy Marcus T. Parrott |
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| Born | (1825-09-25)September 25, 1825 |
| Died | February 9, 1894(1894-02-09) (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Eliza Phillips Thurston |
| Children | five |
George Washington Houk (September 25, 1825 – February 9, 1894) was alawyer andpolitician representingOhio in theU.S. House of Representatives from 1891 until his death in 1894.
George W. Houk was born nearMount Holly Springs inCumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of Adam and Catherine (Knisley) Houk. The family moved toDayton, Ohio in 1827 where George Houk attended the public schools and the E. E. Barney Academy at Dayton. For a number of years Houk taught school while he studied law with Peter P. Lowe. George W. Houk was admitted to the bar in 1847, commencing practice in Dayton.
He married Eliza Phillips Thruston (23 October 1833 – 31 August 1914), daughter of Robert A. and Mary (Phillips) Thruston, both of locally prominent families. They had five children.
In 1861, he became a law partner ofJohn A. McMahon, who had previously been a law partner ofClement Vallandigham. He remained in that partnership until 1882.
Houk was elected a member of theOhio House of Representatives, serving from 1852 to 1854. He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1860 supportingStephen A. Douglas and a delegate again in 1876. He was defeated forcircuit judge in the Ohio Second judicial circuit in 1884.
In 1888 on the Democratic ticket, he faced incumbentElihu S. Williams inOhio’s third district, but was defeated. In 1890, he defeatedHenry Lee Morey and was elected to theFifty-second congress. He was easily re-elected in 1892 to theFifty-second congress.
He died suddenly inWashington, D.C. during his second term.Paul J. Sorg was elected to fill the vacancy in a special election in May 1894.
George Washington Houk and his wife are interred inWoodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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