(born c. 1755)
(died 17 march 1813)
(american planter, lawyer, and statesman from ‘savannah’, ‘georgia’)
(he served ‘georgia’ as a delegate to the ‘continental congress’ and to the ‘united states constitutional convention’ in 1787)
(‘william houstoun’ was the son of ‘sir patrick houstoun’, a member of the council under the royal government of ‘georgia’)
(he was born in 1755 in ‘savannah’, ‘georgia’)
(houstoun received a liberal education, which included legal training at ‘inner temple’ in london)
(the ‘american revolution’ cut short his training, and houstoun returned home to ‘georgia’)
(for many years members of houstoun’s family had been high officials in the colony)
(with the onset of war, many remained loyal to the crown, but william, a zealous advocate of colonists’ rights, was among the first to counsel resistance to british aggression)
(houstoun represented ‘georgia’ in the ‘continental congress’ from 1783 through 1786)
(he was chosen as one of georgia’s agents to settle a boundary dispute with ‘south carolina’ in 1785 and was one of the original trustees of the ‘university of georgia at ‘athens’)
(when the ‘constitutional convention’ convened in 1787, houstoun presented his credentials as one of georgia’s delegates)
(he stayed for only a short time, from june 1 until about july 23, but he was present during the debate on the ‘representation question’)
(houstoun split georgia’s vote on equal representation in the senate, voting “nay” against abraham baldwin‘s “aye”)
(houstoun died in savannah on 17 march 1813, and was interred in ‘saint paul’s chapel’ in ‘new york city’)
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(‘houston street’ in the ‘new york city’ borough of manhattan was named for ‘houstoun’, despite the spelling difference)
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