Name Frederick Houser Role Political figure | Died December 25, 1989 | |
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Education University of California, Los Angeles | ||
Frederick Francis Houser (April 11, 1905 – December 25, 1989) served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of California under governor Earl Warren between 1943 and 1947.
Houser was born to California Court of Appeals Justice, Frederick W. Houser and Sara Wilde, both of whom were active participants in the early years of what is now the USC Gould School of Law. Houser served in the California State Assembly from 1931-33 and again from 1939-1943. In 1944, while serving as lieutenant governor, he ran for the U.S. Senate against Sheridan Downey, losing narrowly 52%-48%.
Houser graduated from UCLA, specializing in government and economics, in 1926 and won its Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year Award in 1948. He served as president of the alumni association 1933–1935. In later years Houser was a Harvard University professor teaching government. He was a resident of Alhambra, California.