Joel Holleman
Joel Holleman | |
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20th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office 1842–1844 | |
Preceded by | Valentine W. Southall |
Succeeded by | Valentine W. Southall |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office 1841–1844 | |
In office 1832–1836 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1839 – December 1840 | |
Preceded by | Francis Mallory |
Succeeded by | Francis Mallory |
Member of the Virginia Senate | |
In office 1836–1839 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Isle of Wight County, Virginia | October 1, 1799
Died | August 5, 1844 Smithfield, Virginia | (aged 44)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Caroline Carroll (1822–1844) Emily W. Carroll (1844 – his death) |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
Profession | lawyer |
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.
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 before his admission to the bar. He eventually set up a law practice at Burwell Bay, Virginia, in Isle of Wight County. He was highly regarded by peers and recognized as a top lawyer in southern Virginia.[1]
On November 22, 1828, Holleman married Caroline Carroll of Isle of Wight County. She died in 1842. He later married his sister-in-law, Emily W. Carroll.[1]
Political career
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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]
After Congress
[edit]He was reelected to the House of Delegates in 1841 and became Speaker the following year.
On April 3, 1844, a few months before his death, he married his sister-in-law, Emily W. Carroll.[1]
He died in Smithfield, Virginia, August 5, 1844 at the age of 44. He was interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Joel Holleman (id: H000721)". 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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. p. 451. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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 the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1799 births
- 1844 deaths
- Virginia lawyers
- Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- Virginia state senators
- People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century Virginia politicians