Joel Holleman
Joel Holleman (October 1, 1799 – August 5, 1844) was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Personal life [edit]
Holleman was born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia to John Holleman and Nancy Thomas Holleman. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and attended law school there.[1][2] He was a teacher for some time before his admission to the bar. He eventually set up a law practice at Burwell Bay, Virginia, in Isle of Wight County. "[A]s a criminal lawyer, [he] had few equals and no superiors in lower Virginia."[1]
On November 22, 1828, Holleman married Caroline Carroll of Isle of Wight County. She died in 1842. On April 3, 1844, a few months before his death, he married his erstwhile sister-in-law, Emily W. Carroll.[1]
Political career [edit]
Holleman was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1832. He moved to the Senate of Virginia in 1836.
Holleman was elected to the Twenty-sixth Congress, taking office in 1839. At the time of his election, he made a public statement that he would resign his seat if the Whigs won his district in the 1840 presidential election. After William Henry Harrison did so, Holleman resigned.[1]
He was reelected to the House of Delegates in 1841 and became Speaker the following year.
He died in Smithfield, Virginia, August 5, 1844. He was interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery.[3]
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References [edit]
- Joel Holleman at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Jamerson, Bruce F., Clerk of the House of Delegates, supervising (2007). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-2007. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia House of Delegates.
- Poore, Benj. Perley, Clerk of Printing Records, United States Senate, compiler (1878). The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878. Houghton, Osgood and Company, Boston. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
External links [edit]
- "The Essays of Camillus, Addressed to The Honorable Joel Holleman, Originally Published in the Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald". T. G. Broughton & Son, Norfolk. 1841. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1832–1836 |
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1841–1844 |
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Member of the Virginia State Senate 1836–1839 |
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| Preceded by Francis Mallory |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congressional district March 4, 1839 – December 1, 1840 |
Succeeded by Francis Mallory |
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| Preceded by Valentine W. Southall |
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates 1842–1844 |
Succeeded by Valentine W. Southall |
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