Frank+Houx


 * Frank Houx **


 * Republican • Cody**
 * Secretary of State 1911-1919**
 * Acting Governor 1917-1918**

Frank Houx was born on December 12, 1854 in Lexington, Missouri. After ranching in Montana, Houx moved to Big Horn Basin, settling first at Corbett and later Cody, where he became involved in real estate and insurance. He was elected as Cody's first mayor in 1901 and also served as police justice, police commissioners, and mayor again in 1906. He was elected Secretary of State in 1910 and re-elected in 1914. Following Governor Kendrick's election to the US Senate, Houx became acting governor in February 1917. In 1919 he moved to Texas and entered into the oil business. Houx returned to Cody in 1935 and died there on April 3, 1941.

He was married twice and had five children.


 * [[file:Gov Houx inaugural proclaimation 1917 Wyo Tribune Feb 260000.pdf|Inaugural proclaimation 1917]]**

The [|Frank L. Houx Collection]
The records of Governor Houx's term in office include:
 * __General Records__
 * Newspapers Published in Wyoming
 * U.S. Food Administration
 * Newspaper Clippings
 * __Administrative Records__
 * Correspondence
 * General Correspondence
 * Invitations
 * State of Wyoming
 * U. S. Government
 * Anonymous - Morality in Kemmerer
 * Financial Records
 * Contingent Fund
 * Expense Register
 * __Appointments__
 * __Proclamations__
 * __Pardons and Paroles__
 * Petitions
 * List of Parolees
 * __Requisitions and Extraditions__
 * Requests
 * Rewards
 * __Military Affairs/World War I__
 * Council for the National Defense
 * Wyoming Council for the National Defense
 * Financial Records
 * Women's Division
 * Women's War Work
 * Army Nurse Corps Information
 * Selective Service
 * American Red Cross
 * Conscription
 * Appointments and Commissions
 * __Legislative Affairs__
 * Legislation
 * Certificates of Election

Additional Resources

 * "This Day in Wyoming History: Happy Birthday Gov. Houx!", //Wyoming Postscripts//, Wyoming State Archives, December 12, 2014. (accessed June 2015)