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  Houk, Leonidas C.
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameLeonidas C. Houk
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Knoxville, Tennessee , United States
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Born June 08, 1836
DiedMay 25, 1891 (54 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jan 05, 2015 04:38pm
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InfoHOUK, Leonidas Campbell, (father of John Chiles Houk), a Representative from Tennessee; born near Boyds Creek, Sevier County, Tenn., June 8, 1836; attended the common schools less than three months; learned the trade of cabinet-making; studied law; was admitted to the bar October 13, 1859, and practiced; enlisted in the Union Army as a private August 9, 1861, and served with the Tennessee Volunteer Infantry until his resignation on account of ill health April 23, 1863; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1864; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; judge of the circuit court of Tennessee 1866-1870; moved to Knoxville and resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1880, 1884, and 1888; member of the State house of representatives 1873-1875; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Knoxville, Tenn., May 25, 1891; chairman, Committee on War Claims (Forty-seventh Congress); interment in the Old Gray Cemetery.


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Son John C. Houk 1860-1923

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RACES
  11/04/1890 TN - District 02 Won 60.13% (+25.38%)
  11/06/1888 TN - District 02 Won 68.80% (+39.82%)
  11/02/1886 TN - District 02 Won 67.00% (+34.09%)
  11/04/1884 TN - District 02 Won 68.32% (+36.64%)
  11/07/1882 TN - District 02 Won 62.23% (+24.46%)
  11/02/1880 TN - District 02 Won 65.08% (+30.15%)
  11/05/1878 TN - District 02 Won 57.12% (+14.24%)
  11/03/1868 TN - District 02 Lost 20.49% (-59.02%)
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