Victor S.K. Houston As an early Congressional delegate to Washington D.C., Victor S.K. Houston elevated the national profile of Hawaiʻi Territory. He was a trustee of Liliʻuokalani Trust from 1934 to 1937, and from 1940 to 1959. Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha Houston was born on July 22, 1876, to Caroline Poor Kahikiola Brickwood and Rear Adm. Edwin Samuel Houston, a decorated officer in the U.S. Navy. The Houston family also had a daughter, Edna. Educated offshore as a youth, Houston attended primary schools in Germany and Switzerland, the Force School in Washington, D.C., and the Werntz Preparatory School in Maryland. He graduated in 1897 from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. On July 19, 1909, he married Pinao G. Brickwood. She passed away in 1936. Gwendolyn was their adopted daughter.Houston mirrored his father’s military career and served as an officer for three decades. During the Spanish-American War and World War I, respectively, Houston was commander of the U.S.S. Iowa and the U.S.S. St. Louis. He also was stationed in Hawaiʻi as a lighthouse inspector. After retiring as a commander in 1927, Houston was called up again to serve in the U.S. Navy from 1941 to 1945, post-World War II, and was promoted to captain.He was a Congressional delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms, representing Hawaiʻi between 1927 and 1933. During his tenure, the committees on which he served were: Public Lands, Post Office and Post Roads, Naval Affairs, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Agriculture, Immigration and Naturalization and Territories. In 1932, Houston was elected a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. His involvement with Congress led to many changes in the Territory of Hawaiʻi — from federal construction and immigration policy to financial incentives for farmers. During his tenure, Hawaiʻi benefited from the Federal Home Loan program and the Federal Reconstruction Finance Corp. He also secured federal aid to improve Kapālama Channel, Honolulu Harbor, the University of Hawaiʻi and military bases. Houston passed away on July 31, 1959, at Tripler Army Hospital.