William Cannon Houston (March 17, 1852 – August 30, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1878, and commenced practice in Woodbury, Tennessee.

He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on the Census during the Sixty-second Congress and chairman of the United States House Committee on Territories during the Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses.

[3] Houston died on his Beaver Dam Plantation near Woodbury, Tennessee, on August 30, 1931.

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