Frederick Wilhelm Houser

Background

Frederick W. Houser was born to Justus Christian Houser and Martha Rodman in Jones County, Iowa.

Career

He moved to Los Angeles and was one of the founding signatures to what is now the University of Southern California Law School also known as the University of Southern California Gould School Of Law and was the first graduate in the class of 1900. They had two children, Frederick F. Houser who became Lieutenant Governor of California, and Rodman Wilde Houser.

Frederick West. Houser later became a judge in the Los Angeles area.

Frederick West. Houser served from 1907–1922 as a Judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court. In 1923 became Associate Justice in the California Court Of Appeals.

He held that title there until 1935 when he became Presiding Justice in the California Courts of Appeals which he held until 1937 when he became Associate Justice in the California Supreme Court where he remained until 1942. He was a Republican.

Membership

He also served as a member of the California Judicial Council from 1935.

Connections

Father:

Justus Christian Houser

Mother:

Martha (Rodman) Houser

Spouse:

Sara I. Wilde

child:

Rodman Wilde Houser

child:

Frederick Francis Houser