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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam Churchill HOUSTON
(1746-1788)
HOUSTON, William
Churchill, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Sumter
District, South Carolina, around 1746; pursued classical studies;
was graduated from Princeton College in 1768; professor in the same
college from 1769 to 1783, when he resigned; served as captain in
the Second Regiment, Somerset Militia, during the Revolutionary
War; deputy secretary of the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776;
member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress in 1776; member of the
New Jersey house of assembly 1777-1779; member of the council of
safety in 1778; Member of the Continental Congress 1779-1781;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1781 and commenced practice
in Trenton, N.J., in 1783; elected as the first Comptroller of the
Treasury in 1781, but declined to serve; receiver of Continental
taxes 1782-1785; clerk of the supreme court of New Jersey
1781-1788; again a Member of the Continental Congress in 1784 and
1785; member of the Annapolis Convention in 1786; delegate to the
Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787; died in Frankford,
Pa., August 12, 1788; interment in the Second Presbyterian
Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bibliography
Glenn, Thomas Allen. William Churchill Houston, 1746-1788.
Norristown, Pa.: Privately printed, 1903.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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