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.
Inaugural proclaimation 1917
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
- 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
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