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Houk was a delegate to almost all [[Republican National Convention]]s in the post-war era and also belonged to the Southern Claims Commission.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He served for a term in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875, where he chaired a committee and sponsored statewide school law.
Houk was a delegate to almost all [[Republican National Convention]]s in the post-war era and also belonged to the Southern Claims Commission.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He served for a term in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875, where he chaired a committee and sponsored statewide school law.
Initially, Houk strongly supported the policies of Tennessee [[Radical Republican]] governor William G. "Parson" Brownlow, who moved to harshly punish and disenfranchise Confederates.<ref name=knoxvillefocus/> However, he would withdraw his support for Brownlow in the late 1860s.
===U.S. House of Representatives===
===U.S. House of Representatives===