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2 unusual facts about Alanson B. Houghton


Alanson B. Houghton

On February 24, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Houghton as the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.

He went on to win the general election and joined the Sixty-sixth Congress, representing New York’s 37th Congressional District.


Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

Members of the Faraday Institute's Advisory Board include Brian Heap, R.J. Berry, Sarah Coakley, Martin Evans, John T. Houghton, Alister McGrath, John Polkinghorne, and Eric Priest.

Harris A. Houghton

In 1911 he received his commission as first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, achieving the position of Post Surgeon at Fort Totten, New York, and a few month later was appointed Post Intelligence Office at this installation.

At the time of obtaining the text from Miss de Bogory, Dr. Houghton was a military intelligence officer of the United States Department of War attached to the Eastern Department offices located on Governor's Island in the City of New York.

Roop County, Nevada

This resulted in the appointment of a joint California-Nevada boundary survey, with Surveyor-General J.F. Houghton acting for the State of California and Butler Ives, for the Territory of Nevada.

Sam Houghton

:For the rugby union footballer of the 1890s for England, and Runcorn RLFC, see Samuel "Sam" Houghton

Thomas Parker Sanborn

In the fall of 1885, Sanborn and five of his literary cohorts, Harvard seniors William Woodward Baldwin, Alanson B. Houghton, George Santayana, William Morton Fullerton, and George Rice Carpenter founded The Harvard Monthly.


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