Houston, William Churchill, approximately 1746-1788

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1746
Death 1788
Birth c. 1746
Death 1788-08-12
Gender:
Male
Britons, Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Houston was a delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutuional Convention from New Jersey. He was a professor (1771-1783) at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and lawyer -- Walton from Georgia was in the Continental Congress, (1776-1778), served as Governor of Georgia (1779-1780), the U.S. Congress (1780-1871), served as Chief Justice of Georgia (1783-1789), Governor of Georgia (1789-1790) and in the U.S. Senate (1795-1796).

From the description of [Documents] / W. Houston. 1783-1785. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302525

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Subjects:

  • Territory, National

Occupations:

  • Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
  • Law clerks
  • Lawyers
  • Professors (teacher)
  • State Representative

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • SC, US
  • NJ, US
  • PA, US
  • NJ, US

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