B. C. Van Houten

B. C. Van Houten
Van Houten in 1895
President pro tempore of the Washington Senate
In office
January 14, 1895 – January 11, 1897
Preceded byTrusten P. Dyer
Succeeded byW. H. Plummer
Member of the Washington Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
January 7, 1891 – January 11, 1897
Preceded byH. W. Fairweather
Succeeded byW. H. Plummer
Personal details
Born
Byron Collins Van Houten

(1848-12-19)December 19, 1848
Middlesex, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 25, 1904(1904-01-25) (aged 55)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Byron Collins Van Houten (December 19, 1848 – January 25, 1904) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington State Senate from 1891 to 1897.[1] From 1895 to 1897, he was President pro tempore of the Senate.[2]

He was profiled in the brochure for the Northwest Industrial Exposition held in Spokane Falls in October 1890.

  1. ^ "State of Washington : Members of the Legislature Members of the Washington State Legislature 1889 – 2011" (PDF). Leg.wa.gov. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ Lofquist, Margaret U. (11 January 1983). "The Collins-Cadwell Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Hiram Collins and His Wife Annar Cadwell Collins of Middlesex, New York, with Allied Lines Underwood, Clark, and Van Houten". Gateway Press. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via Google Books.