Background
Van Houten was born in Groningen.
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Samuel Houten
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He studied law at the University of Groningen, obtaining a degree in 1859.
Career
He then worked as a lawyer In 1869, van Houten was first elected to the Second Chamber or lower house of the Dutch parliament for the electoral district Groningen, until he became a minister in 1894 in the cabinet of Joan Röell. Van Houten introduced a law in 1874, Kinderwetje - van Houten (Child Labour Acting), that forbade children younger than 12 years to work as labourers in factories.
lieutenant was the first social law of the Netherlands.
Nonetheless, van Houten who started out as very progressive gradually became more conservative and opposed further social laws and any egalitarianism by the state. He was president of a Neo-Malthusian society in 1888.
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Politics
On individual issues, he continued to sponsor progressive causes, writing about feminism, prostitution and birth control.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Liberal party