About James N. Huston
Lived 1849 – 1927 (aged 77–78). James N. Huston was an American politician.
James Nelson Huston (1849–1927) was a United States banker, businessman, and politician who served as Treasurer of the United States from 1889 to 1891.
Biography James N. Huston was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania in 1849, the son of William Huston (1801–1875) and his wife, Isabella E. (Duncan) Huston. In 1851, his father settled in Connersville, Indiana and in 1870 was one of the co-founders of a local bank known as the Citizens' Bank. William Huston amassed a large fortune that he left to James at his death on January 5, 1875. He became the owner of the Citizens Bank at that time. On January 3, 1910, Huston and two associates were indicted in Washington, D.C. for mail fraud.
Huston died in 1927.
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