Jacob Houck Jr. (January 14, 1801 – October 2, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from New York from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in

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, Houck attended the common schools. He was graduated from

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, in 1822. He studied law. He was

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and practiced in Schoharie. He served as district attorney of Schoharie County 1831–1836.

Congress

Houck was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, October 2, 1857. He was interred in Lutheran Cemetery.

Sources

1801 births 1857 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Schoharie, New York 19th-century American legislators {{NewYork-Representative-stub