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David F . Houston COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM R e g i s t e r of Papers Processed: IB Date: 10/26/55 DAVID F . HOUSTON (1866 - A fragmentary collection of the papers of David Houston, educator, college president, Secretary of the Treasury and ex-officio Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1920 to 1921, is deposited in the Houghton Library at Harvard University. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: Approximate number of items: Treasury material is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. David F. Houston - 2- II Biographical Note 1866, Feb. 18 Born, Monroe, Worth Carolina 1887 A.B., South Carolina College 1887-88 Tutor in ancient languages and graduate student, South Carolina College 1888-91 Superintendent of city schools, Spartanburg, S.C. 1891-94 Graduate student in political science, Harvard 1892 A.M., Harvard 1895, Dec, 11 Married Helen Beall (5 children) 1894-1902 University of Texas, successively adjunct professor, assoc. professor, professor of political science 1899-1902 President and Dean of Faculty, Univ. of Texas 1902-05 President, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas 1905-03 President, University of Texas 1908-16 Chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis 1913-20 Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson 1913 Member, Organization Committee, Federal Reserve System 1920-21 Secretary of the Treasury and ex-officio Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1921-40 Chairman of Board, Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York 1940, Sept. 2 Author of: Died A Critical Study of Nullification in South Carolina, 1902. Eight Years vdth Wilson 1 s Cabinet» See Who Was "Who in America, 1897-1942, v o l . I , Marquis
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