Limestone County AlArchives Obituaries.....HOUSTON, George S.  December 31, 1879
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The Vernon Clipper, (Lamar Co, AL), Jan. 9, 1880
DEATH OF SENATOR HOUSTON
	GEO. S. HOUSTON, U. S. Senator, died at his residence in Limestone 
County, on the 31st, ult.
	Deceased was a native of Tennessee, but moved to Alabama when quite a 
young man.  He soon developed a degree of ability, energy of character, and 
devotion to the public welfare, which induced the people of his county to elect 
him to office.
	In 1941 he was elected to Congress.  He was re-elected eight times, 
serving in Congress for 18 years.  He was elected Governor, in 1874, and re-
elected in 1876.
	It is safe to say that Alabama never had a more efficient Governor, or 
one who served her with more fidelity and devotion to her best interest.
	He was elected to the Untied States Senate in the winter of 1878.
	He was a man of sound good sense and most excellent judgment.  In his 
death Alabama has sustained a great loss.  His age was about 70 years. 


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