B. C. Van Houten Explained

B. C. Van Houten
Office:	President pro tempore of the Washington Senate
Term Start:	January 14, 1895
Term End:	January 11, 1897
Predecessor:	Trusten P. Dyer
Successor:	W. H. Plummer
State Senate1:	Washington
District1:	3rd
Term Start1:	January 7, 1891
Term End1:	January 11, 1897
Preceded1:	H. W. Fairweather
Succeeded1:	W. H. Plummer
Birth Name:	Byron Collins Van Houten
Birth Date:	19 December 1848
Birth Place:	Middlesex, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Party:	Republican

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.

Notes and References

Web site: State of Washington : Members of the Legislature Members of the Washington State Legislature 1889 – 2011. Leg.wa.gov. 11 January 2019.
Web site: 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. Margaret U.. Lofquist. 11 January 1983. Gateway Press. 11 January 2019. Google Books.