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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.
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|name=Leonidas C. Houk
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|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=
|religion=[[Methodist]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Tennessee
|district=2nd
|terms=March 4, 1879 – May 25, 1891
|preceded=Jacob M. Thornbugh
|former=y
|succeeded=John C. Houk
}}
|military=y
|allegiance=[[United States]]
|rank=[[Private]]<br>[[Lieutenant]]<br>Quartermaster
|branch=
|unit=Third Regiment<br>Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
|serviceyears=1861–1863
|battles=[[American Civil War]]
|awards=
}}
'''Leonidas Campbell Houk''' (June 8, 1836 – May 25, 1891) (pron. HOWK) 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==
==Background==