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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaAlexander Richmond HOLLADAY
(1811-1877)
HOLLADAY, Alexander
Richmond, a Representative from Virginia; born in Prospect
Hill, Spotsylvania County, Va., September 18, 1811; attended the
public schools, received special training under John Lewis of
Spotsylvania County, and attended the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced
in Spotsylvania, Orange, and Louisa Counties; member of the State
house of delegates 1845-1847; held several local offices; elected
as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses
(March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Expenditures
in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-first Congress); declined to
be a candidate for renomination; moved to Richmond, Va., in 1853
and practiced law; president of the Virginia Board of Public Works
1857-1861; died in Richmond, Va., January 29, 1877; interment in
family burial ground called “Prospect Hill” in
Spotsylvania County, Va.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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