heart attack on September 2, 1940 at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He was buried next to his wife at Saint John's Church Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York. Writings Houston published A Critical Study of Nullification in South Carolina (1896) to establish his place in academia. He later published a two-volume memoir of his experiences as a cabinet member, Eight Years with Wilson's Cabinet. References External links 1866 births 1940 deaths 20th-century American politicians Chancellors of Washington University in St. Louis Presidents of the University of Texas at Austin Candidates in the 1924 United States presidential election United States Secretaries of Agriculture United States Secretaries of the Treasury University of South Carolina alumni Harvard University alumni Presidents of Texas A&M University Columbia University people People from Monroe, North Carolina Woodrow Wilson administration cabinet members