William LePre Houston family papers, 1777-1936

Biographical Note

Date	Event
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.

Date	Event
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.