Julius Houseman
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | George W. Webber |
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| 18th and 20th Mayor of Grand Rapids | |
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In office 1874–1874 |
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| Preceded by | Peter R. L. Peirce |
| Succeeded by | Peter R. L. Peirce |
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In office 1872–1872 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard H. Randall |
| Succeeded by | Peter R. L. Peirce |
| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Kent County 1st district |
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In office 1871–1872 |
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| Preceded by | George G. Briggs |
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December 8, 1832 Zeckendorf (near Bamberg), Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | February 8, 1891 (aged 58) Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Julius Houseman (December 8, 1832 – February 8, 1891) was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, as representative in the Michigan House of Representatives and as Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
He was born in Zeckendorf, (near Bamberg) Bavaria, Germany. His father, Solomon Houseman, was a merchant and manufacturer of silk and cotton goods in Zeckendorf. Houseman was educated in the national schools of Zeckendorf and Bamberg and finished with a two-year course of study at a commercial school at Munich. He then worked as dry goods clerk in a store in Bavaria, where he remained for three years.
He immigrated to the United States in 1851, at the age of nineteen, stopping first in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was clerk in a clothing house for a few months. He then moved to New Vienna, Ohio, where he remained as clerk in a general store until March 1852. He then moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, and engaged in the merchant tailoring and clothing business with Mr. I. Amberg, the firm name being Amberg & Houseman. He moved to Grand Rapids in August 1852, before he was twenty years old, and established a branch of the Battle Creek firm. He is recognized as the first permanent Jewish settler of Grand Rapids.
The business prospered, and in 1854, he became sole proprietor, which he continued for nine years. In 1864 the firm of Houseman, Alsberg & Co. was organized, with branch houses in New York, Baltimore and Savannah. The firm continued until 1870, when it was dissolved, with Mr. Houseman retaining possession of the Grand Rapids establishment. In 1876 he disposed of his business to his cousin, Joseph Houseman, who had been a partner for several years, and Moses May, who continued it for a number of years under the firm name of Houseman & May, which was later succeeded by Houseman, Donally & Jones.
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