Background
Houghton, Sherman Otis was born in April 1828 in New York, United States. Son of Abijah and Eliza (Farrand) Houghton.
Houghton, Sherman Otis was born in April 1828 in New York, United States. Son of Abijah and Eliza (Farrand) Houghton.
Academic education.
2d, Eliza Poor Donner, of Springfield, Illinois, October 10, 1861. Enlisted, June, 1846, in 1st regiment New York volumes for Mexican war. Went with regiment to California via Cape Horn, 1846, and from there, 1847, to Mexico.
Appointed Lieutenant and adjunct 1847.
Served until close of war. Returned to California, October 14, 1848.
Mined for gold, 1848-1849. Practiced law since 1857.
President city council, 1854.
Mayor, 1855-1856, San Jose, California In Civil war as ordnance officer, Lieutenant-colonel on staff Major-General H. West. Halleck.
Member Congress, 1st California district, 1871-1873, from 4th district, 1873-1875.
Married Mary Martha Donner, August 29, 1859 (died May, 1860).