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'''Leonidas Campbell Houk''' (June 8, 1836 – May 25, 1891) was an Eastern [[Tennessee]] Unionist and [[Republican]] [[nationalist]]<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia>Schlup, Leonard (October 8, 2017). [https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/leonidas-campbell-houk/ Leonidas Campbell Houk]. ''Tennessee Encyclopedia''. Retrieved August 25, 2021.</ref> who fought against Southern [[Confederate]]s during the [[American Civil War]] and later represented the state's 2nd congressional district from 1879 until his death in 1891.
'''Leonidas Campbell Houk''' (June 8, 1836 – May 25, 1891) was an Eastern [[Tennessee]] Unionist and [[Republican]] [[nationalist]]<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia>Schlup, Leonard (October 8, 2017). [https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/leonidas-campbell-houk/ Leonidas Campbell Houk]. ''Tennessee Encyclopedia''. Retrieved August 25, 2021.</ref> who fought against Southern [[Confederate]]s during the [[American Civil War]] and later represented the state's 2nd congressional district from 1879 until his death in 1891.
==Background==
Houk was born in Boyds Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee. His father John died when he was young, leaving the family under impoverished circumstances.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He managed to survive and make a living as a [[Methodist]] preacher and cabinetmaker, studying [[law]] at night.
==Civil War, Eastern Tennessee resists secession and Confederacy==
==Civil War, Eastern Tennessee resists secession and Confederacy==