Samuel van Houten

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Samuel van Houten in 1894

Samuel van Houten (February 17, 1837 – 14 October 1930) was a Dutch liberal politician.

Van Houten was born in Groningen. He studied law at the University of Groningen, obtaining a degree in 1859. He then worked as a lawyer.

In 1869, van Houten was first elected to the Second Chamber or lower house of the Dutch parliament for the electoral district Groningen, until he became a minister in 1894 in the cabinet of Joan Röell.

Van Houten introduced a law in 1874, Kinderwetje - van Houten (Child Labour Act), that forbade children younger than 12-year old to work as labourers in factories. It was the first social law of the Netherlands. Nonetheless, van Houten who started out as very progressive gradually became more conservative and opposed further social laws and any egalitarianism by the state. On individual issues, he continued to sponsor progressive causes, writing about feminism, prostitution and birth control. He was president of a Neo-Malthusian society in 1888.

Van Houten was the founder of the short-lived Liberal Party.

Political offices
Preceded by J. P. R. Tak van Poortvliet	Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs 1894-1897	Succeeded by Hendrik Goeman Borgesius

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Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

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Name	Houten, Samuel van
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Short description	Dutch politician
Date of birth	February 17, 1837
Place of birth
Date of death	14 October 1930
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