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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha Houston |
Address | , Hawai'i , United States |
Email | None |
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July 22, 1876
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Died | July 31, 1959
(83 years)
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Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | BrentinCO Jul 22, 2018 10:27pm |
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Info | HOUSTON, Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha, a Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii; born in San Francisco, Calif., July 22, 1876; received a preparatory education and attended Real Schule in Dresden, Saxony, Cantonal College, Lausanne, Switzerland, Force School, Washington, D.C., and Werntz Preparatory School, Annapolis, Md.; was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., in 1897 and served in the United States Navy in various grades, retiring as commander in 1926; moved to Honolulu, T.H., in 1909; elected as a Republican a Delegate to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1928 and 1932; retired from active business and political life until recalled to active duty in the United States Navy on December 7, 1941, and served until March 1, 1945; promoted to the rank of captain on the retired list on June 9, 1943; died in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31, 1959; interment in Oahu Cemetery.
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