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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Steele HOLMAN
(1822-1897)
HOLMAN, William Steele, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Aurora, Dearborn County,
Ind., September 6, 1822; attended the common schools and Franklin
College, Franklin, Ind.; taught in the public schools; studied law;
was admitted to the bar and practiced; judge of the probate court
1843-1846; prosecuting attorney 1847-1849; member of the State
constitutional convention in 1850; member of the State house of
representatives in 1851 and 1852; judge of the court of common
pleas 1852-1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth,
Thirty-seventh, and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1859-March
3, 1865); not a candidate for reelection to the Thirty-ninth
Congress; elected to the Fortieth and to the four succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on
Appropriations (Forty-fourth Congress), Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds (Forty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate
for election to the Forty-fifth Congress; elected to the
Forty-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1881-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Fiftieth
Congress), Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-second Congress),
Committee on Indian Affairs (Fifty-third Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection to the Fifty-fourth Congress; again
elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1897,
until his death in Washington, D.C., April 22, 1897; interment in
Veraestau Cemetery, Aurora, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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