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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaHopkins HOLSEY
(1779-1859)
HOLSEY, Hopkins, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Lynchburg, Campbell County,
Va., August 25, 1779; received an English training and attended the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated from a law
school in Litchfield, Conn.; was admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Hamilton, Ga.; held several local offices and
represented Hancock County several years in the State house of
representatives; moved to Harris County; elected as a Jacksonian to
the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of James C. Terrell; reelected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-fifth Congress and served from October 5, 1835, to March 3,
1839; moved to Athens, Ga., and engaged in newspaper work as
publisher of the Southern Banner; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; relinquished the
newspaper business and resumed the practice of law, in Butler, Ga.;
died at his home, “Brightwater,” near Butler, Ga.,
March 31, 1859; interment on his estate.
Bibliography
Montgomery, Horace. “Hopkins Holsey.” in Georgians
in Profile, edited by Horace Montgomery. Athens, Ga.:
University of Georgia Press, 1958.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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