Adoniram J. Holmes

Adoniram Judson Holmes
Adoniram Judson Holmes
	Lancaster Teller (Lancaster, Wisconsin), June 26, 1890
Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
	In office; December 2, 1889 – December 8, 1891
Leader	Thomas Brackett Reed
Preceded by	John P. Leedom
Succeeded by	Samuel S. Yoder
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Iowa's 10th district
	In office; March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	New District
Succeeded by	Jonathan P. Dolliver
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
	In office; 1882-1883
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1842; Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 21, 1902 (aged 59); Clarinda, Iowa
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Emma Folsom Holmes
Children	Lulu Emma; Judson Harold; Clarence Folsom
Alma mater	University of Michigan Law School
Profession	Attorney, politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	Union Army
Rank	Private; Second Lieutenant; First Lieutenant
Unit	24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Commands	Company K; Company D
Battles/wars	Civil War

Adoniram Judson Holmes (March 2, 1842 – January 21, 1902) a Republican, was the first U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district.

Early life

Born in Wooster, Ohio, Holmes moved with his parents to Palmyra, Wisconsin, in 1853. He attended the common schools, and entered Milton College of Milton, Wisconsin, but left in 1862 after the outbreak of the Civil War, to enter the Union Army. He enlisted as a Private in Company D, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Company F on March 7, 1864, to 1st Lieutenant of Company K on May 12, 1865, and was honorably mustered out on July 27, 1865. He married Emma Folsom Holmes, and they had three children, Lulu Emma, Judson Harold, and Clarence Folsom.

Career

After the war Holms completed his studies in Milton College. Returning to Janesville he studied law and was admitted to the bar,^[1] but afterwards took the full course from the University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1867. He commenced practice in Boone, Iowa, in 1868 in partnership with another young lawyer, L. W. Reynolds.^[2] In 1880 and 1881, he was the mayor of Boone. He also served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883.

Political career

Iowa received a tenth and eleventh seat in the U.S. House as a result of the 1880 Census. The Iowa General Assembly created the new 10th congressional district from counties in the old 4th and 9th congressional districts,^[3] including Boone County, where Holmes lived. In 1882, Holmes won the Republican nomination in the new district, and won the general election, and was elected to the 48th United States Congress.Twice he was re-elected, serving in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He held the seat from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1889. However, when running for a fourth term in 1888, he was challenged in the district convention by future U.S. Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver. After 110 ballots in the district nominating convention, Dolliver won.^[4]

After his defeat, Holmes went to work for Congress. He was chosen as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives in the Fifty-first Congress, at the urging of Congressman David B. Henderson of Iowa's 3rd congressional district.^[5] He then resumed the practice of law in Boone, where he served as county attorney from 1896 to 1899.

Death

Holmes died in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, on January 21, 1902 (age 59 years, 325 days). He is interred at Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, Iowa.

References

^ Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times To the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, 4 vols. (New York: Century History Co., 1903).
^ "Adoniram J. Holmes". The Strangest Names In American Political History. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
^ Iowa Congressional District Maps Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2009-05-04.
^ Editorial, "State Convention," The Perry Chief, 1888-08-24 at p. 4.
^ "Reed Secures the Prize," New York Times, 1889-12-01 at p. 1.

External links

United States Congress. "Adoniram J. Holmes (id: H000733)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-05-07
Adoniram J. Holmes at Find a Grave

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by New District	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 10th congressional district 1883–1889	Succeeded by Jonathan P. Dolliver
Preceded by Samuel S. Yoder	Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives 1889–1891	Succeeded by Benjamin F. Russell

[1] Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times To the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, 4 vols. (New York: Century History Co., 1903).

[2] "Adoniram J. Holmes". The Strangest Names In American Political History. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

[3] Iowa Congressional District Maps Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2009-05-04.

[4] Editorial, "State Convention," The Perry Chief, 1888-08-24 at p. 4.

[5] "Reed Secures the Prize," New York Times, 1889-12-01 at p. 1.

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2nd	Leffler L. Clark J. P. Cook Thorington Davis Vandever Price Smyth W. Wolf Cotton Tufts Price Farwell Murphy Hayes G. Curtis Lane Rumple Wade Dawson Pepper Vollmer Hull Letts B. Jacobsen W. Jacobsen Talle L. Wolf Bromwell Culver Blouin Tauke Nussle Leach Loebsack Miller-Meeks Hinson
3rd	Allison Donnan Ainsworth Burdick Updegraff Henderson Birdsall Pickett Connolly Sweet Robinson Willford Gwynne Gross Grassley Evans Nagle Lightfoot Boswell Latham Young Axne Nunn
4th	Grinnell Loughridge Walden Pratt Deering Weller Fuller Sweney Butler Updegraff Haugen Biermann Talle LeCompte Carter Kyl Bandstra Kyl N. Smith Ganske Latham King Feenstra
5th	Kasson G. Dodge Palmer J. Wilson R. Clark W. G. Thompson J. Wilson Frederick Kerr J. Hamilton Cousins Good Cole Thurston LeCompte Cunningham N. Smith Scherle Harkin Lightfoot Grandy Latham King
6th	A. Hubbard Pomeroy Orr Loughridge Sampson Weaver Cutts J. C. Cook Cutts J. C. Cook Weaver Lacey White Lacey D. Hamilton Kendall Kirkpatrick Ramseyer Dowell Utterback Dowell Goodwin Cunningham Gilchrist J. I. Dolliver Coad Hoeven Greigg Mayne Bedell Grandy
7th	Kasson Cummings E. Gillette Kasson H. Smith Conger Hays Hull Prouty Dowell Wearin Jensen Hansen Scherle
8th	McDill Sapp Hepburn Anderson Flick Hepburn Jamieson Towner Evans Thurston Gilchrist Hoeven
9th	Orr Oliver Carpenter Pusey Lyman Reed Bowman Hager McPherson W. Smith Green Vincent Swanson G. Gillette Harrington Narey
10th	Holmes J. P. Dolliver Conner Woods Dickinson Gilchrist
11th	Struble Perkins Thomas E. Hubbard Scott Steele Scott Boies Campbell
AL	Hastings Leffler
Terr	Chapman A. Dodge

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