Frederick F. Houser
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Lieutenant Governor of California
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under governor
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Earl Warren
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between 1943 and 1947. He made several other attempts running for political offices including 1932 House of Representatives for the California 12th district running against John H. Hoeppel
John H. Hoeppel
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and losing 45.8% to 43.2%, as well as a 1944 Senate
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race versus incumbent Democrat Sheridan Downey
Sheridan Downey
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losing 52% to 48%. Houser was also a Superior Court
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judge, and prior to this, he served in the California State Assembly
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from 1931-1933.
Frederick F. Houser was born to California Court of Appeals
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Justice, Frederick W. Houser
Frederick W. Houser
Frederick Wilhelm Houser Frederick W. Houser was born to Justus Christian Houser and Martha Rodman in Jones County, Iowa...
and Sara Wilde, both of whom were active participants in the early years of what is now the USC Gould School of Law
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Houser graduated from UCLA, specializing in government
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and economics
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, in 1926 and won its Edward A. Dickson Alumnus
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of the Year Award
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in 1948. He served as president of the alumni association
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1933-1935. In later years Houser was a Harvard University
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professor
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teaching government. He was a resident of Alhambra, California
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