Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
William LePre Houston
Date | Event |
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1870, May 14 | Born, Mound City, Ill. |
1890 | Passed Civil Service exam and hired as a clerk in the War Department Record and Pension Office |
1891 | Married Mary Ethel Hamilton |
1892 | Graduated, Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C. |
1906-1909 | Grand Master of Odd Fellows in the United States |
1909 | Resigned clerk position |
1910 | Began independent law practice Began teaching academic law, night school, Howard University, Washington D.C. |
1915 | Cofounder, Supreme Order of the Helpers |
1921-1924 | Appointed to District of Columbia Board of Education |
1924 | With son, Charles Hamilton Houston, formed law firm of Houston & Houston |
1937 | Appointed special assistant to United States Attorney General |
1953, Sept. 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
Charles Hamilton Houston
Date | Event |
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1895, Sept. 3 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
1915 | Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. |
1918-1919 | Army service during World War I |
1922 | LL.B, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1923 | S.J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1923-1924 | Studied civil law, Sheldon Fellowship, University of Madrid, Spain |
1924 | Passed District of Columbia bar Married Margaret Gladys Moran (divorced 1938) |
1924-1950 | Practiced law with his father in the firm Houston & Houston, later Houston, Houston, Hastie & Waddy |
1924-1935 | Faculty member, Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C., including stints as professor, vice dean, and chief administrative officer |
1935-1940 | Special counsel to NAACP |
1938 | Married Henrietta Williams Argued Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada before United States Supreme Court |
1950, Apr. 22 | Died, Washington, D.C. |