Sherman Otis Houghton (April 10, 1828 – August 31, 1914) was an American politician from California. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies and attended Collegiate Institute in New York. The City of New York During the Mexican-American War, Houghton enlisted in the First Regiment, New York Volunteers, in June 1846. He arrived in San Francisco, California in 1847 with the rest of his regiment after sailing around Cape Horn. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Cabo de Hornos redirects here for the Chilean commune see Cabo de Hornos Chile. The regiment garrisoned Santa Barbara, before capturing the city of La Paz in Baja California. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. La Paz (Spanish for "The Peace" is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Baja California (pronounced ˈbɑːhɑː kælɨˈfɔrnjə in English is the northernmost state of Mexico. He was honorably discharged as a lieutenant at Monterey, California, in October 1848.
Houghton then proceeded to mine for gold during the California Gold Rush, and after about 6 months of mining, he moved to San Jose and entered various commercial businesses. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California He served as the deputy clerk of the Supreme Court of California in 1854, the same year he was elected to the San Jose Common Council; he was elected the fourth mayor of San Jose, and served from 1855 to 1856. The Supreme Court of California is the State supreme court in California. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in San Jose. In 1859 he married Mary Martha Donner, a survivor of the Donner Party; she died a year later, most likely from complications related to the birth of their only child, also named Mary. The Donner Party was a group of California -bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a Human Pregnancy or In 1861 he married his late wife's first cousin and fellow Donner Party survivor Eliza Poor Donner, with whom he had an additional seven children.
During the Civil War he was commissioned as a captain and promoted to lieutenant colonel, and served successively as inspector and ordnance officer. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies After the war, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875) and was the chairman of the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures for the Forty-third Congress. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.
He was appointed commissioner to investigate the affairs of the United States Mint at San Francisco in 1881, and moved to Los Angeles in 1886 and continued the practice of law. The United States Mint primarily produces circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its Trade and Commerce. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
Sherman Houghton died at age 86 in Compton, California, on August 31, 1914. Compton is a city located in Southern Los Angeles County California, USA, south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He is interred in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery is a Cemetery located at 1831 West Washington Boulevard Los Angeles California, in the historic West Adams District a short distance
The Donner-Houghton House, a historic building in downtown San Jose, was built by Houghton in 1881. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of A number of proposals were made to either restore or renovate The structure was almost completely destroyed by a fire on the morning of July 9, 2007. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
References
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Sherman O. Houghton Political History
- utahcrossroads.org genealogy of the Donner Family
- Santa Clara County Biographies
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| Preceded by O. H. Allen |
Mayor of San Jose 1855–1856 |
Succeeded by Lawrence Archer |
| Preceded by Samuel B. Axtell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1871-1873 |
Succeeded by Charles Clayton |
| Preceded by None |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 4th congressional district 1873-1875 |
Succeeded by Peter D. Wigginton |
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