Houston Benge Tehee (Cherokee)
Houston Benge Tehee was born on October 14, 1874, in Sequoyah District,
Cherokee Nation, the son of Stephen and Rhoda Benge Tehee. He attended
Cherokee common schools and the Male Seminary and went one term to Fort
Worth University. Tehee served as clerk of Tahlequah District for ten years
and in 1906 became cashier of a bank. Meanwhile, he studied law,
specializing in oil and gas matters. In 1910, he served as mayor of
Tahlequah and was elected to the Oklahoma state legislature in 1910 and
1912. From 1914 to 1919 he served as Register of the United States Treasury,
and in 1926-27 as Assistant Attorney General. He was vice-president,
treasurer, and general manager of Continental Asphalt and Petroleum Company
of Oklahoma City. Tehee died on November 19, 1938. His address was given
July 16, 1917, at the dedication of Sequoyah's statue in the national capitol.
