1. John Houstoun was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia.
14 Facts About John Houstoun
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John Houstoun was one of the original Sons of Liberty and a delegate for Georgia in the Second Continental Congress in 1775.
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John Houstoun's parents were Sir Patrick and Priscilla Houstoun.
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John Houstoun's father served as the registrar of land grants for the Georgia Colony and the collector of quit-rents.
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John Houstoun was admitted to the bar and started a law practice in Savannah.
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John Houstoun married Hannah Bryan, whose father Jonathan was a wealthy Savannah merchant.
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John Houstoun was a successful lawyer, and was appointed to the Governor's Council by James Wright.
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John Houstoun joined with Archibald Bulloch and others to form a Committee of Correspondence in support of the residents of Boston suffering the effects of the Boston Port Act.
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That same year, John Houstoun was a representative in the rebel Provincial Congress of Georgia, and they named him as a delegate to the First Continental Congress.
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John Houstoun declined, since fewer than half the counties were represented in the Provincial Congress.
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John Houstoun was reappointed to the national congress in 1776, but did not attend.
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John Houstoun stayed at home to work with the Committee of Safety to thwart the loyalist efforts of the popular preacher and loyalist, John Zubly.
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John Houstoun returned home, taking a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives, where he briefly served as Speaker in 1783.
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John Houstoun then was elected to another one-year term as governor in 1784.