Samuel B. Huston
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| Oregon State Senator | |
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In office 1893–1897 1917–1921 |
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Washington County Multnomah County |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
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In office 1915–1917 |
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| Constituency | Multnomah County |
| 11th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon | |
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In office 1889–1890 1894–1895 |
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| Preceded by | S. T. Linklater Joseph C. Hare |
| Succeeded by | F. A. Bailey R. B. Goodin |
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| Born | March 16, 1858 New Philadelphia, Indiana |
| Died | November 30, 1920 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat, then Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ella Geiger |
| Alma mater | Northern Indiana University |
| Profession | Attorney |
Samuel Bruce Huston (March 16, 1858 – November 30, 1920) was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. Originally a Democrat and later a Republican, he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was twice the mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. A native of Indiana, he served in the state senate as a Democrat from one county his first term, but moved and changed parties by his second term 20 years later.
Samuel Huston was born in New Philadelphia, Washington County, Indiana on March 16, 1858, to Oliver Wolcott Huston and Lucretia Pearson Huston (née Naugle). His father died while Samuel was young, with his mother remarrying in 1866. The family moved from the southern Indiana town to Illinois, where Samuel received his education at a private school and the public schools in Grand Glade.
Huston earned his college education at Northern Indiana University (now Valparaiso University) in Valparaiso. Afterwords he moved to Chicago where he attended a law school before reading law with George M. Parker in Robinson, Illinois, and at the law offices of Heffron & Zaring in Salem, Indiana. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in December 1879 before entering private legal practice in that state. Huston then briefly practiced law in Illinois before working for the Santa Fe Railroad Company in New Mexico, remaining until the Spring of 1883. He then moved to Oregon, arriving on May 7, 1883, in Portland.
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