page_title: David F. Houston
section_title: Early life and family
hierarchical_section_title: David F. Houston / Early life and family
caption_attribution_description: English: David F. Houston as a College graduate
context_page_description: David Franklin Houston was an American academic, businessman and conservative Democratic politician. He served under President Wilson as the 5th Secretary of Agriculture and the 48th United States Secretary of the Treasury.
context_section_description: Houston was born in Monroe, North Carolina, on February 17, 1866. He was the son of William Henry Houston, a horse dealer and grocer, and his wife, the former Pamela Ann Stevens.  He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1887 and did graduate work at Harvard University, where he received a M.A. in political science in 1892. Houston married Helen Beall on December 11, 1895. They had five children: David Franklin, Jr., Duval, Elizabeth, Helen and Lawrence Reid Houston.
caption: Young Houston age 19, (April 1885).
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