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Batchelor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#822.65.43">Robert Holmes Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berry.html#505.66.22">Richard C. Berry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#306.95.26">Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#054.11.19">Orville Canada Bullington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#439.23.06">John Holmes Burleigh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#314.12.77">Joel Burlingame</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carfield-carll.html#551.26.34">George H. Carley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carlsmith-carlson.html#721.71.77">Grace Holmes Carlson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrad.html#834.69.98">Holmes Conrad</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#368.41.62">Roscoe Pulaski Copeland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#386.46.60">Royal Samuel Copeland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#044.75.10">Leslie Colby Cornish</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#954.62.49">Emmett J. Crouse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#363.60.98">G. Holmes Daubner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis9.html#190.86.92">William Holmes Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#346.10.73">Donald McDonald Dickinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dougherty.html#157.86.48">Proctor Lambert Dougherty</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#749.94.07">Holmes Ellis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emery.html#530.89.03">Roscoe C. Emery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finch.html#390.90.22">Jeremiah E. Finch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#915.11.55">Littleberry Stainback Foster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#769.60.54">John Holmes Goodenow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall9.html#979.79.78">William Stuart Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall4.html#879.28.83">Holmes Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#279.35.10">Joseph Holmes Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#334.39.41">Bert Emory Haney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hardy.html#108.17.78">Arthur Sherburne Hardy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#891.56.47">Hazen van den Berg Hatch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmstrom-holswade.html#385.23.27">Eleanor Holmes=Norton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#293.47.70">Charles M. Hoover</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson5.html#770.80.35">J. Holmes Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#583.95.25">Augustus Holmes Kenan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#006.96.74">Lewis Holmes Kenan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larkin.html#779.50.73">Thomas Oliver Larkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#470.38.08">Walter S. Leaming</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowrey-lowrie.html#085.29.80">Bill Green Lowrey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malloy-malone.html#880.23.72">Raymond Malone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#644.70.91">Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#422.81.11">Ambler Holmes Moss Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy4.html#097.53.17">Holmes W. Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#546.27.09">Winfield Scott Nay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#461.69.89">Bartlett Nye</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odell.html#697.25.68">Nathaniel Holmes Odell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#903.31.54">Holmes Osborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#960.66.83">John Holmes Overton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#119.85.00">James Holmes Patton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pratte-presba.html#154.81.72">John Holmes Prentiss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#276.56.46">John Holmes Quarterman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#665.03.06">Angela Ramirez=Holmes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#192.44.34">Francis DuBose Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#701.39.74">Charles Manville Sawyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#029.56.74">Holmes C. Sharp</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#496.67.88">Joseph N. Shomo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#837.57.79">Julia Holmes Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#040.04.20">George Holmes Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#657.73.61">Holmes Steele</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stuart.html#513.36.09">Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#922.98.90">John Randolph Thayer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#654.11.44">Clark Holmes Timerman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#975.84.96">George Alfred Trenholm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#735.97.32">William Lee Trenholm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#937.23.99">John Randolph Tucker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttle.html#086.57.24">Holmes Tuttle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#741.06.85">Charles Holmes Van Brunt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#023.00.78">Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voelker-voorehees.html#264.09.70">George Frederick von Kolnitz Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#606.26.15">Milton Holmes Welling</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.50.18">Holmes, A. A.</a> — of Jay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/jay.html">Jay, Maine</a>, 1860-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="636.22.71">Holmes, A. A.</a> — of Sullivan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sullivan.html#2">Sullivan, Ind.</a>, 1899-1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="487.70.10">Holmes, A. T.</a> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/plymouth.html">Plymouth, Mass.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="875.24.37">Holmes, Adoniram Judson</a> (1842-1902) — also known as Adoniram J. Holmes — of Boone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Iowa. Born in Wooster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-02.html">March 2, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/boone.html">mayor of Boone, Iowa</a>, 1880-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1882-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 10th District, 1883-89; Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1889-91. Died in Clarinda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PG-died.html">Page County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-21.html">January 21, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 325 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BO-buried.html#cms05650">Linwood Park Cemetery</a>, Boone, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Adoniram Judson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000733">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405584">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoniram J. Holmes">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="464.44.44">Holmes, Albion</a> — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Citizens candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lyme, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="343.71.49">Holmes, Alexander M.</a> — of Morrisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NY.html">1872</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 23rd District, 1882-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="051.88.79">Holmes, Alfred C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/DO-lived.html">Doddridge County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Doddridge County, 1905-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="905.60.49">Holmes, Alice</a> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/DE.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="458.27.63">Holmes, Alvin</a> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/AL.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/AL.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AL.html">2004</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AL.html">Democratic National Committee from Alabama</a>, 2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="840.58.58">Holmes, Ann McIntosh</a> — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="567.69.22">Holmes, Arthur</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cortland County, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="354.07.31">Holmes, Arthur L.</a> (b. 1862) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1895-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 1897-98, 1901-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="765.44.84">Holmes, Avis</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/MI.html">1976</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="173.01.35">Holmes, Benjamin</a> — of Stockholm, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County 3rd District, 1848. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="840.07.46">Holmes, Benjamin</a> (1846-1914) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1890-92. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/index.html">1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="717.57.84">Holmes, Bettie F.</a> — of Port Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="157.06.22">Holmes, Bill</a> — of California. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 51st District, 1992, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="079.66.50">Holmes, Caleb</a> — of Charlton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County, 1812-13. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="458.61.43">Holmes, Carolyn G.</a> — of Lawnside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NJ.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="183.92.10">Holmes, Carolyn J.</a> — of Vineland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NJ.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NJ.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NJ.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="656.37.59">Holmes, Charles</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-lived.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Schoharie County 2nd District, 1856. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="383.09.26">Holmes, Charles A.</a> — of Nebraska. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/reg.html">University of Nebraska board of regents</a>, 1875-84. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.68.00">Holmes, Charles B.</a> — of Rahway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/rahway.html">Mayor of Rahway, N.J.</a>, 1896-1903, 1908-09. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="717.12.12">Holmes, Charles Elwood</a> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="340.96.56">Holmes, Charles H.</a> — of Cobleskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-lived.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Schoharie County, 1907. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="111.05.98">Holmes, Charles Horace</a> (1827-1874) — also known as Charles H. Holmes — of Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/10-24.html">October 24, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1870-71. Died in Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-died.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-02.html">October 2, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-buried.html#cms00203">Mt. Albion Cemetery</a>, Albion, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000734">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405585">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="261.13.64">Holmes, Charles N.</a> — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GU-lived.html">Grundy County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trenton.html">Mayor of Trenton, Mo.</a>, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="280.73.51">Holmes, Chester J.</a> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lebanon, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="389.16.28">Holmes, Clara C.</a> — also known as Mrs. John A. Holmes — of Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MD.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MD.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="127.89.86">Holmes, Clyde R.</a> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.21.71">Holmes, Connie</a> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="212.62.35">Holmes, D. W.</a> (d. 1950) — of Hattiesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/FO-lived.html">Forrest County</a>, Miss. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/hattiesburg.html">Mayor of Hattiesburg, Miss.</a>, 1949-50; died in office 1950. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/12-18.html">December 18, 1950</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="336.21.93">Holmes, Mrs. D. W.</a> — of Hattiesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/FO-lived.html">Forrest County</a>, Miss. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/hattiesburg.html">Mayor of Hattiesburg, Miss.</a>, 1950-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="345.80.47">Holmes, Daniel A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Monmouth County, 1865-66. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="604.36.81">Holmes, Daniel A.</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MO.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="008.77.43">Holmes, Daniel M.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1875. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="850.04.39">Holmes, Darrell E.</a> (b. 1934) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/10-19.html">October 19, 1934</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 17th District; elected 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 17th District, 1983-89; resigned 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Still living as of 1989. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Russell J. Holmes and Macel F. (Carpenter) Holmes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/01-17.html">January 17, 1959</a>, to Nell Jean Kiser.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="239.27.24">Holmes, David</a> (1769-1832) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-lived.html">Winchester</a>, Va.; Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss. Born near Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/03-10.html">March 10, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 4th District 1807-09); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Mississippi Territory</a>, 1809-11, 1812-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1817-20, 1826; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1820-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died near Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FR-died.html">Frederick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/08-20.html">August 20, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-buried.html#cms01294">Mt. Hebron Cemetery</a>, Winchester, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HO.html">Holmes County, Miss.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "HIS DEATH / proved / By the universal regret of all who knew him / That he died without an enemy / HIS LIFE / By his Stedfast honor & true Christian charity / That he never deserved one."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000735">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405586">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-holmes/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Holmes (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26844883">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="143.34.80">Holmes, David</a> — of Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MK-lived.html">Missaukee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MI.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="565.12.47">Holmes, David</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TX.html">Democratic National Committee from Texas</a>, 2004-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="401.11.39">Holmes, David Sanford, Jr.</a> (1914-1994) — also known as David S. Holmes, Jr. — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-born.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-11.html">August 11, 1914</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1959-74 (Wayne County 11th District 1959-64, 10th District 1965-72, 21st District 1973-74); defeated in primary, 1954, 1958; resigned 1974; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/MI.html">1976</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 4th District, 1974-94; died in office 1994; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1980. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/05-21.html">May 21, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html# ">Trinity Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#630.31.12">Patricia Holmes</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/61216107">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="081.76.42">Holmes, Doyle E.</a> — of Willow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/MS-lived.html">Matanuska-Susitna Borough</a>, Alaska. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Alaska</a>, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="710.61.56">Holmes, Dwight E.</a> — of Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/orange.html">mayor of Orange, N.J.</a>, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="697.83.01">Holmes, E. D.</a> — of Detroit (now Detroit Lakes), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BC-lived.html">Becker County</a>, Minn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/detroitlakes.html#4">Detroit, Minn.</a>, 1901-07. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="746.15.78">Holmes, E. P.</a> — of Nebraska. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/reg.html">University of Nebraska board of regents</a>, 1884-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Holmes, E. R. See <a href="#384.24.48">Edwin Ruthven Holmes</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="124.43.76">Holmes, Mrs. E. R.</a> — of Yazoo City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/YA-lived.html">Yazoo County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MS.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="576.36.77">Holmes, Edgar D.</a> — of Ypsilanti Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti-twp.html">Supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan</a>, 1900-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.14.61">Holmes, Edward B.</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="384.24.48">Holmes, Edwin Ruthven</a> (1878-1961) — also known as E. R. Holmes — of Yazoo City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/YA-lived.html">Yazoo County</a>, Miss. Born in Sidon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LF-born.html">Leflore County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-01.html">October 1, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/yazoocity.html">Mayor of Yazoo City, Miss.</a>, 1904-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi</a>, 1918-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi</a>, 1918-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit</a>, 1936-54; took senior status 1954. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/12-10.html">December 10, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 70 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1081&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/holmes-edwin-ruthven">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="723.08.70">Holmes, Elias Bellows</a> (1807-1866) — also known as Elias B. Holmes — of Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Fletcher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/05-22.html">May 22, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">canal boat business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1845-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad promoter</a>. Died in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/07-31.html">July 31, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-buried.html#cms02888">City Cemetery</a>, Brockport, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000736">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405587">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="509.06.09">Holmes, Elisha H.</a> — of Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windham, 1837. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="978.46.05">Holmes, Elon G.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 44th District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13398">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="423.45.81">Holmes, Emanuel T.</a> — Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 2nd District, 1896. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="235.01.13">Holmes, Emil E.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> at-large, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="605.67.81">Holmes, Erastus D.</a> — of Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stonington, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="998.85.05">Holmes, Ernest</a> — of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/UT.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="506.47.00">Holmes, Estelle</a> — of Hitchcock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="590.46.56">Holmes, Ezekiel</a> — of Maine. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1853. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="887.44.02">Holmes, Farley</a> — of Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-lived.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NY.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="966.24.64">Holmes, Frank</a> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Salisbury, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="530.06.39">Holmes, Frank</a> — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">Mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>; elected 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="700.36.13">Holmes, Frank C.</a> — Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trea.html">Michigan state treasurer</a>, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.31.18">Holmes, Frank E.</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Rocky Hill; elected 1894. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="383.20.45">Holmes, Frank E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.94.78">Holmes, Frank L.</a> — of Griswold, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Griswold, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.91.79">Holmes, Frederick A.</a> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 6th District, 1905-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="940.99.40">Holmes, Frederick C.</a> — of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PR.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="146.19.42">Holmes, Frederick W.</a> — of Colchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Colchester; elected 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="313.15.68">Holmes, G. W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Hamilton County, 1850-51. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="322.00.87">Holmes, Gabriel</a> (1769-1829) — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-lived.html">Sampson County</a>, N.C. Born near Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-born.html">Sampson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/index.html">1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1794-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1797-1802, 1812-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1821-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1825-29; died in office 1829. Slaveowner. Died near Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-died.html">Sampson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/09-26.html">September 26, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-buried.html#cms06546">a private or family graveyard</a>, Sampson County, N.C.; reinterment in 1984 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-buried.html# ">John Sampson Cemetery</a>, Clinton, N.C.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of Theophilus H. Holmes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000737">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405588">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/gabriel-holmes/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel Holmes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/67852636">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="908.77.67">Holmes, Gavrielle</a> — Socialist. Workers World candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1980; Workers World candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1984. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1984. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrielle Holmes">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="011.77.78">Holmes, Genta Hawkins</a> (b. 1940) — also known as Genta H. Holmes — of California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NM-diplomats.html ">Namibia</a>, 1990-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-diplomats.html ">Australia</a>, 1997. Still living as of 1997. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/holmes-genta-hawkins ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="578.00.13">Holmes, George</a> — of Beaufort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C. Born in New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/SCcc nBEA">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1879-81. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="301.71.22">Holmes, George</a> — of Coronado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/coronado.html#2">City president of Coronado, California</a>, 1902-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.66.49">Holmes, George E.</a> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/GA.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="980.14.46">Holmes, George H.</a> — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/RI.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="405.55.24">Holmes, George H.</a> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New London, 1908, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="314.28.24">Holmes, George H.</a> — of Sharpes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BE-lived.html">Brevard County</a>, Fla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/FL.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="776.37.38">Holmes, George N.</a> — of Owensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-lived.html">Daviess County</a>, Ky. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/owensboro.html#2">Owensboro, Ky.</a>, 1849-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="101.05.42">Holmes, Gideon S.</a> — of Massachusetts. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Cape Town</a>, 1851-60. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="224.14.32">Holmes, Glen E.</a> — of Buckfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-lived.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 14th District, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="453.20.22">Holmes, Greg</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 5th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="648.11.05">Holmes, H. L.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for North Carolina</a>, 1839-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Holmes, Hal See <a href="#452.16.06">Otis Halbert Holmes</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="243.02.87">Holmes, Harold</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="948.77.34">Holmes, Harold C.</a> — of Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stratford, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="402.19.96">Holmes, Harold C., Jr.</a> — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="102.22.73">Holmes, Harold Hubert</a> — also known as Harold H. Holmes — of Chadwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IL.html">1972</a> (alternate). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="027.84.89">Holmes, Harold V.</a> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/burlington.html">Mayor of Burlington, N.J.</a>, 1929-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="847.66.99">Holmes, Henry</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County 2nd District, 1853. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674263007/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/361/39.27.jpg" width=70 height=86 border=0 alt="Henry Holmes"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="361.39.27">Holmes, Henry</a> (b. 1861) — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Minn. Born in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-born.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/index.html">1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">lecturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 55, 1915-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anti-saloon-league.html">Anti-Saloon League</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13399">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="081.13.45">Holmes, Henry Allen</a> (b. 1933) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/index.html">1933</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1982-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/amb-at-large.html "></a>, 1989-93. Still living as of 1993. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/holmes-henry-allen ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="527.71.60">Holmes, Henry H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Hudson County, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.43.36">Holmes, Herbert</a> — of Senatobia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/TA-lived.html">Tate County</a>, Miss. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MS.html">Mississippi Democratic state chair</a>, 1937-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MS.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MS.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MS.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MS.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="620.25.48">Holmes, Herbert E.</a> — of Maine. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maine</a>, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="819.20.59">Holmes, Herbert L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/PE-lived.html">Pembina County</a>, N.Dak. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention</a> from Pembina County, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/aud.html">North Dakota state auditor</a>, 1903-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="224.17.76">Holmes, Holbert</a> — of La Puente, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="107.15.66">Holmes, Howard L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich.; St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Macomb County, 1910; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 8th District, 1932; Michigan Prohibition Party state chair, 1933; Square Deal candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="148.68.53">Holmes, Howard M.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="820.74.93">Holmes, Hugh</a> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/belleville.html">mayor of Belleville, N.J.</a>, 1874-76. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="918.43.94">Holmes, Irene S.</a> — of Ladue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ladue.html">Mayor of Ladue, Mo.</a>; elected unopposed 2007; elected 2009. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="360.14.21">Holmes, Isaac</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1785-90 (St. Philip & St. Michael 1785, St. John Colleton 1785-90). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="182.32.79">Holmes, Isaac</a> — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html">Mayor of Macon, Ga.</a>, 1846. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="577.54.70">Holmes, Isaac Edward</a> (1796-1867) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/04-06.html">April 6, 1796</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1826-29, 1832-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1839-51 (4th District 1839-41, 5th District 1841-43, 6th District 1843-51). Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/02-24.html">February 24, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms02333">Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000738">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405589">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="067.61.21">Holmes, Israel</a> — of Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Torrington, 1838. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="414.49.22">Holmes, Israel</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1869, 1879. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="487.09.82">Holmes, Ivan</a> — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Oklahoma Democratic state chair</a>, 2008; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/OK.html">2008</a> (delegation chair). Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="188.32.18">Holmes, J. C.</a> — of St. Charles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SC-lived.html">St. Charles County</a>, Mo. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/saintcharles.html#2">St. Charles, Mo.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="573.09.40">Holmes, J. E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LO-lived.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ala. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Lowndes County, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="072.33.29">Holmes, J. S.</a> — of Grand Ledge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandledge.html#2">Grand Ledge, Mich.</a>, 1871-83, 1891. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="764.71.52">Holmes, J. W.</a> — of Farmville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-lived.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NC.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="485.65.61">Holmes, J. Welfred</a> — of Pennsylvania. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="413.73.15">Holmes, Jack E.</a> — of Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-lived.html">Ottawa County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/MI.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-parties.html">chair of Ottawa County Republican Party</a>, 2002; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.37.03">Holmes, James</a> — Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-consuls.html ">Belfast</a>, 1796-1815. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="531.59.32">Holmes, James</a> — of Florida. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/FL.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lv.usembassy.gov/embassy/riga/ambassador/former-u-s-ambassadors-latvia/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/127/39.69.jpg" width=70 height=119 border=0 alt="James H. Holmes"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="127.39.69">Holmes, James Howard</a> (b. 1943) — also known as James H. Holmes — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/index.html">1943</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LV-diplomats.html ">Latvia</a>, 1998-2001. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/holmes-james-howard">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. Embassy Latvia</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="338.44.37">Holmes, James M.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 1894. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="012.35.46">Holmes, James R.</a> — of Joplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MO.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="269.30.04">Holmes, James T.</a> — of Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="470.93.89">Holmes, James W.</a> — of Plattsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Neb. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/plattsmouth.html#2">Plattsmouth, Neb.</a>, 1923-35. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="491.47.08">Holmes, Jeremiah</a> — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bridgeport, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="764.30.06">Holmes, Jesse H.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1934, 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="530.24.90">Holmes, John</a> (1773-1843) — of Alfred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Born in Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/03-14.html">March 14, 1773</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1802-03, 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1813-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1817-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Maine state constitutional convention</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maine</a>, 1820-27, 1829-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1836-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maine</a>, 1841-43; died in office 1843. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/07-07.html">July 7, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 115 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-buried.html#cms01023">Eastern Cemetery</a>, Portland, Maine; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-buried.html# ">Parish Cemetery</a>, Alfred, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Sally Brooks; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#951.17.83">Daniel Goodenow</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#769.60.54">John Holmes Goodenow</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14582.html">Goodenow-Holmes family</a> of Alfred, Maine.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Holmes (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-names.html">South Portland, Maine</a>; sold 1947, scrapped 1969) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000739">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405590">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6703071">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="767.03.65">Holmes, John</a> — of Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/uniontown.html#2">Burgess of Uniontown, Pennsylvania</a>, 1873-75. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="436.74.12">Holmes, John</a> — Populist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Holmes, Mrs. John A. See <a href="#389.16.28">Clara C. Holmes</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.35.89">Holmes, John A.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 1st District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="803.08.32">Holmes, John A., Jr.</a> — of Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/RI.html">1992</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="697.01.65">Holmes, John Archie</a> (c.1912-2009) — also known as John A. Holmes — of Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JN-lived.html">Jones County</a>, Iowa; Olin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JN-lived.html">Jones County</a>, Iowa. Born about 1912. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a> 24th District, 1970. Died, at Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-died.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/03-14.html">March 14, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">about 97 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JN-buried.html#cms07934">Wyoming Cemetery</a>, Wyoming, Iowa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.34.62">Holmes, John Bee</a> (1760-1827) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/04-23.html">April 23, 1760</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html#2">intendant of Charleston, South Carolina</a>, 1794-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1799-1802. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-05.html">September 5, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms02333">Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Holmes and Rebecca (Bee) Holmes; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/">1783</a> to Elizabeth Edwards (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#275.03.48">John Edwards Jr.</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Bee Holmes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10466905">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="241.74.26">Holmes, John C.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1858. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="778.39.69">Holmes, John E.</a> — of Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Wis. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1848-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="629.34.57">Holmes, John H.</a> (b. 1864) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 1st District, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.33.43">Holmes, John Haynes</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="113.20.34">Holmes, John J.</a> — of Montana. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/aud.html">Montana state auditor</a>, 1933-; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> 2nd District, 1946, 1950. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="298.18.07">Holmes, John Oliver</a> (1858-1939) — also known as John O. Holmes — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MR-lived.html">Maries County</a>, Mo.; Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-lived.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MR-born.html">Maries County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/10-24.html">October 24, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MR-officials.html">Maries County Probate Judge</a>, 1891-98; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1901-02, 1911-12 (Maries County 1901-02, Phelps County 1911-12). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/04-02.html">April 2, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-buried.html#cms03075">Rolla Cemetery</a>, Rolla, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mary Jane Woods and William Wallace Woods; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-29.html">September 29, 1878</a>, to Sarah Sundermeyer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89672058">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="112.46.77">Holmes, John R.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 15th District, 1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="712.33.77">Holmes, John R.</a> — of Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="730.60.39">Holmes, John S.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="283.68.65">Holmes, John T.</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Superior court judge in Michigan of Grand Rapids, 1877-81. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="617.05.64">Holmes, John W.</a> (b. 1840) — of Alma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alma.html#2">village president of Alma, Michigan</a>, 1892-93; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gratiot County, 1901-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 19th District, 1907-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.15.84">Holmes, Jonathan</a> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1696-98, 1700-03. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.76.57">Holmes, Joseph W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Genesee County, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="480.51.26">Holmes, Josiah T.</a> — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/wichita.html#2">Wichita, Kan.</a>, 1871-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="496.38.07">Holmes, Jotham</a> — of Saratoga Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/saratogasprings.html#3">Saratoga Springs, N.Y.</a>, 1802-10. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/489/85.29.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Julius C. Holmes"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="489.85.29">Holmes, Julius Cecil</a> (1899-1968) — also known as Julius C. Holmes — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan. Born in Pleasanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LN-born.html">Linn County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-24.html">April 24, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Marseille</a>, as of 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Smyrna</a>, as of 1927-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AL-consuls.html ">Tirana</a>, 1930; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive officer, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1942; assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1944-45; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html ">Hong Kong</a>, 1959-61; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IA-diplomats.html ">Iran</a>, 1961-65. In 1951-52, a U.S. Senate committee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigated</a> how a group, including Holmes as well as former U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#925.97.33">Joseph E. Casey</a> and former Secretary of State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#357.34.10">Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.</a>, made large profits from the purchase and re-sale of surplus U.S. tanker ships following World War II. Under federal law, ships could be sold only to U.S citizens, so the group allegedly set up several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">dummy corporations</a> purportedly under American control, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">faked financial statements</a> for them, to buy the tankers on behalf of Greek-Argentine shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. A federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indictment</a> against Holmes was ultimately dropped. Onassis, also indicted, pleaded guilty and paid a fine. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/07-16.html">July 16, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Louella Jane (Trussell) Holmes and James Reuben Holmes; married to Henrietta Allen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius C. Holmes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/holmes-julius-cecil ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/49206338">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Times, February 24, 1954</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="621.58.52">Holmes, Kathleen F.</a> — of Beverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="756.15.39">Holmes, Kelly</a> — of Texas. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.18.94">Holmes, Kersey O.</a> — of Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-lived.html">Buffalo County</a>, Neb. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/kearney.html#2">Kearney, Neb.</a>, 1902-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="726.38.19">Holmes, Kirby</a> (b. 1933) — of Shelby Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-born.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-09.html">March 9, 1933</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/shelby-twp.html">Supervisor of Shelby Township, Michigan</a>, 1967-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 26th District, 1973-78, 1981-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MI.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a> (alternate); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 12th District, 1978; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 9th District, 1984-86; defeated, 1982, 1986. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="624.70.81">Holmes, Larry</a> — Socialist. Workers World candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1988; Workers World candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1992. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 1992. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry Holmes (activist)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="990.65.04">Holmes, Leander</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Washington</a>, 1870. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="721.22.93">Holmes, Lee</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Republican. Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 3rd District, 1986, 1988 (primary). Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="255.07.26">Holmes, Lemuel LeBaron</a> — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="762.91.44">Holmes, Lewis</a> — of Warner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Warner, 1856-57. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="392.99.17">Holmes, Lewis C.</a> — of Cobleskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-lived.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cobleskill.html#2">Cobleskill, N.Y.</a>, 1886-89, 1894-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="535.65.11">Holmes, Lindsey</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AK.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="736.42.54">Holmes, Lonnie</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 2007. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="785.49.50">Holmes, Lyman A.</a> (b. 1858) — of St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-07.html">November 7, 1858</a>. Republican. Worked in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railway</a> construction and as superintendent of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">foundries</a>; vice-president, Romeo Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 11th District, 1917-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="009.22.92">Holmes, Lyman R.</a> — of Wurtsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="711.32.93">Holmes, M.</a> — of Wilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/wilton.html">Wilton, Maine</a>, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="047.91.17">Holmes, Mack C.</a> — of Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-lived.html">Horry County</a>, S.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/conway.html#2">Conway, S.C.</a>, 1921-24. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="031.64.06">Holmes, Margaret B.</a> — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.83.05">Holmes, Mark</a> — of Rickreall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OR.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="505.72.34">Holmes, Martha</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MD.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="058.84.87">Holmes, Martin</a> — of Michigan. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 51st Circuit, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="334.43.20">Holmes, Mary</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 26th District, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="519.14.37">Holmes, Mary Elizabeth</a> (b. 1945) — also known as Mary Holmes — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/index.html">1945</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MI.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="160.87.67">Holmes, Michael A., Sr.</a> — of Country Club Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/countryclubhills.html">mayor of Country Club Hills, Ill.</a>, 2007. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="777.22.06">Holmes, Mike</a> — Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/AL.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="071.93.44">Holmes, Mildred</a> — of Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Berlin, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="449.97.43">Holmes, Morris</a> — of Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CU-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AR.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="750.29.91">Holmes, Nathaniel, Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cape May County, 1848-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="730.10.07">Holmes, Nathaniel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1865-68. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="747.63.41">Holmes, Nelle L.</a> — of Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District 1956; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NH.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="502.52.91">Holmes, Newland H.</a> (b. 1891) — of Weymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Brockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-30.html">August 30, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">Advertising manager</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1925-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Norfolk & Plymouth District, 1930-36. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="423.35.17">Holmes, Nicholas M.</a> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 14th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="981.39.45">Holmes, Obadiah</a> — of Blue Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/bluesprings.html#2">Blue Springs, Mo.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3572525672/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/360/74.41.jpg" width=70 height=78 border=0 alt="Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="360.74.41">Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.</a> (1841-1935) — also known as "The Great Dissenter" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/03-08.html">March 8, 1841</a>. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1882-1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court</a>, 1899-1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1902-32; retired 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1965. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/03-06.html">March 6, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/06-17.html">June 17, 1872</a>, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell; nephew of Ann Susan Holmes (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#946.78.15">Charles Wentworth Upham</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0076.html">Bell-Upham family</a> of New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Biddle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html#333.60.55">Laurence Curtis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#824.73.42">Lewis Einstein</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#102.71.79">Erland F. Fish</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1082&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oliver Wendell Holmes">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/241/000044109">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/494">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href=" http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/owholmes.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486267466/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0486267466&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Common Law</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Gary J. Aichele, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805777660/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805777660&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge</a> — G. Edward White, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195101286/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195101286&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self</a> — Sheldon M. Novick, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316613258/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316613258&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes</a> — Liva Baker, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060166290/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060166290&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes</a> — James Bishop Peabody, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ERTRFS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000ERTRFS&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein 1903-1935</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226015211/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0226015211&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Law Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1902</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="291.77.77">Holmes, Orville W.</a> — of Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ridgefield.html">First selectman of Ridgefield, Connecticut</a>, 1919. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="452.16.06">Holmes, Otis Halbert</a> (1902-1977) — also known as Hal Holmes — of Ellensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KA-lived.html">Kittitas County</a>, Wash. Born in Cresco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-22.html">February 22, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 4th District, 1943-59. Died in Yakima, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/YA-died.html">Yakima County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/07-27.html">July 27, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/YA-buried.html#cms04455">Terrace Heights Memorial Park</a>, Yakima, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haskell.html#776.19.85">Dudley Chase Haskell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000740">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405591">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="123.56.91">Holmes, Owen T.</a> — of Albertville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AL.html">1892</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.20.24">Holmes, Ozias</a> — of East Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Haddam, 1826, 1830. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="630.31.12">Holmes, Patricia</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 4th District, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 1994. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="#401.11.39">David Sanford Holmes Jr.</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="623.22.05">Holmes, Paul K.</a> — of Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas</a>, 1993-. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="390.51.50">Holmes, Pehr Gustaf</a> (1881-1952) — also known as Pehr G. Holmes — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-born.html">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-09.html">April 9, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/worcester.html">mayor of Worcester, Mass.</a>, 1917-19; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a> 7th District, 1925-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 4th District, 1931-47; defeated, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Venice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SA-died.html">Sarasota County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-19.html">December 19, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-buried.html#cms00720">Old Swedish Cemetery</a>, Worcester, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Freda C. Johnson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000741">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405592">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr G. Holmes">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="785.91.98">Holmes, Phillip</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 9th District, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.40.02">Holmes, R.</a> — of Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/natchez.html#2">Natchez, Miss.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="698.09.35">Holmes, Reuben G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention</a> from Beaufort County, 1868. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="375.90.29">Holmes, Richard</a> — of North Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MA.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="793.24.80">Holmes, Robert</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="701.01.97">Holmes, Robert Denison</a> (1909-1976) — also known as Robert D. Holmes — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-11.html">May 11, 1909</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OR.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oregon</a>, 1957-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/06-06.html">June 6, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 26 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-denison-holmes/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/836/000167335">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.26.06">Holmes, Robert J.</a> — of Avon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Avon; elected 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> from Avon; elected 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="060.29.09">Holmes, Robert L.</a> — Liberal. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 36th District, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="687.75.02">Holmes, Rogers B.</a> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="543.02.52">Holmes, Roscoe</a> — of Ellsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ellsworth.html">Mayor of Ellsworth, Maine</a>, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="084.64.24">Holmes, Rufus E.</a> — of West Winsted (now part of Winsted), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/CT.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="709.69.37">Holmes, S. B.</a> — of Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/frankfort.html#2">Frankfort, Ky.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="018.35.89">Holmes, Samuel</a> — Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1860-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="941.39.06">Holmes, Samuel D.</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="387.24.36">Holmes, Samuel J.</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1838-39. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="007.59.48">Holmes, Samuel L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County, 1843. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="868.32.03">Holmes, Samuel W.</a> — of Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/scio-twp.html">Supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan</a>, 1874-75. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="297.12.29">Holmes, Sidney</a> (b. 1839) — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Vt. Born in Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/08-30.html">August 30, 1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Grafton, 1882; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Windham County, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.80.76">Holmes, Sidney Tracy</a> (1815-1890) — also known as Sidney T. Holmes — of Morrisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y.; Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Schaghticoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/08-14.html">August 14, 1815</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Canal</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-officials.html">Madison County Judge and Surrogate</a>, 1851-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 22nd District, 1865-67. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/01-16.html">January 16, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-buried.html#cms02889">Cedar Street Cemetery</a>, Morrisville, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000742">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405593">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="916.31.82">Holmes, Silas</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1811-12, 1823. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="000.23.75">Holmes, Silas M.</a> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trea.html">Michigan state treasurer</a>, 1855-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.06.82">Holmes, Stephen</a> — of Thompson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Thompson, 1824-25. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="096.62.02">Holmes, Sybil H.</a> — of Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.95.71">Holmes, Talley R., Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/DC.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/DC.html">1984</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="423.13.55">Holmes, Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Bevil, 1835. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="290.55.98">Holmes, Thomas A.</a> (1804-1888) — of Sauk Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BN-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Minn.; Shakopee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Minn. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/index.html">1804</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 6th District, 1849-50; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/shakopee.html#2">Shakopee, Minn.</a>, 1853. Died in Cullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-died.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/index.html">1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13400">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="366.82.67">Holmes, Thomas J.</a> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/portland.html">Mayor of Portland, Ore.</a>, 1866-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="989.54.02">Holmes, Thomas J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-lived.html">Branch County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Branch County, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="365.39.20">Holmes, Thomas M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 35th District, 1944. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Holmes, Tim See <a href="#681.06.14">Timothy Holmes</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="681.06.14">Holmes, Timothy</a> — also known as Tim Holmes — of Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1933 (Queens County 4th District), 1934 (Kings County 19th District), 1936 (Kings County 17th District). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="687.11.23">Holmes, Tom</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/vb-lived.html">Virginia Beach</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/VA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="652.24.70">Holmes, Uriel</a> (1764-1827) — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in East Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/08-26.html">August 26, 1764</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1803-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-officials.html">Litchfield County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1807-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-officials.html">Litchfield County Judge</a>, 1814-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> at-large, 1817-18. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/05-18.html">May 18, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms00387">East Cemetery</a>, Litchfield, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000743">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405594">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel Holmes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8045489">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="514.68.32">Holmes, Valentine</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-consuls.html ">Belfast</a>, 1851-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="116.51.60">Holmes, Verner S.</a> — of McComb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PK-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MS.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="915.07.98">Holmes, Vernon G.</a> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 8th District, 1958, 1960. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="758.31.64">Holmes, W.</a> — of Menominee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MM-lived.html">Menominee County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/menominee.html">Mayor of Menominee, Mich.</a>; elected 1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="981.26.67">Holmes, W. D.</a> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/belleville.html#2">Belleville, N.J.</a>, 1887-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="746.41.35">Holmes, W. H.</a> — of Amarillo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PT-lived.html">Potter County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/TX.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TX.html">1928</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="964.31.09">Holmes, W. W.</a> — of Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 36th District, 1919-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Holmes, Welfred See <a href="#485.65.61">J. Welfred Holmes</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="239.91.54">Holmes, Wilber</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cortland County, 1895. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="330.63.79">Holmes, William</a> — of Shelton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/shelton.html#4">Shelton, Conn.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="899.94.31">Holmes, William C.</a> — of Melvin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-lived.html">Ford County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-parties.html">Chair of Ford County Republican Party</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="568.32.84">Holmes, William F.</a> — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwalk, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="603.66.48">Holmes, William H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/TA-lived.html">Tazewell County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Tazewell County, 1847. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="889.14.11">Holmes, William H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JN-lived.html">Jones County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/trea.html">Iowa state treasurer</a>, 1863-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="111.99.19">Holmes, William Henry</a> (1883-1953) — also known as William H. Holmes — of Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MR-lived.html">Maries County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MR-born.html">Maries County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-21.html">April 21, 1883</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Maries County, 1945-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/aud.html">Missouri state auditor</a>, 1949-53; died in office 1953. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/03-31.html">March 31, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-buried.html#cms03075">Rolla Cemetery</a>, Rolla, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Oliver Holmes and Sarah Melisa (Sundermier) Holmes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89672245">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="931.07.29">Holmes, William M.</a> — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/marion.html#2">Marion, Ohio</a>, 1822-25. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="030.47.97">Holmes, William S.</a> — of Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/ME.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="005.60.37">Holmes, Zachariah</a> — also known as Zack Holmes — of Rapid City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-lived.html">Pennington County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1893-94, 1897-98, 1917-18 (45th District 1893-94, 1897-98, 47th District 1917-18). 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