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Haudenshield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicks.html#118.07.61">Thomas Holliday Hicks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nicholson.html#105.42.67">Samuel Edgar Nicholson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#951.32.95">J. Holliday Veal</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#879.50.51">Joseph Walker Wear</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="961.70.34">Holliday, Adam</a></b> — of Mt. Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/HU-lived.html">Huntingdon County</a>, Pa. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/mountunion.html#3">Mt. Union, Pa.</a>, 1850-52. 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> <b><a name="905.56.14">Holliday, Albert E.</a></b> — of Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/laramie.html#2">Laramie, Wyo.</a>, 1934-49 (acting, 1934). 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> <b><a name="462.74.05">Holliday, Bill</a></b> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Holliday, Bob</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#485.04.19">Robert Kelvin Holliday</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="342.50.96">Holliday, Carey R.</a> (born c.1951)</b> — of Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Born about 1951. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/LA.html">2004</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> <b><a name="214.41.38">Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz</a> (1826-1900)</b> — also known as <b>Cyrus K. Holliday</b> — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/04-03.html">April 3, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/topeka.html">Mayor of Topeka, Kan.</a>, 1859-60, 1867-68, 1869-70; first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, 1860-63; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Kansas</a>, 1864-65; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a>, 1874. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-died.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-29.html">March 29, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-buried.html#cms00648">Topeka Cemetery</a>, Topeka, Kan. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Dillon Jones.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of Holliday, now the site of a landfill within the city of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-names.html">Shawnee, Kansas</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Cyrus K. Holliday</i> (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus K. Holliday">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6532533">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="088.62.85">Holliday, E. C.</a></b> — of Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-parties.html">Chair of Cooper County Democratic Party</a>, 1939. 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> <b><a name="450.45.59">Holliday, Elias Selah</a> (1842-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Elias S. Holliday</b> — of Brazil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Ind. Born in Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-born.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-05.html">March 5, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/brazil.html">mayor of Brazil, Ind.</a>, 1877-80, 1887-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 5th District, 1901-09. Died in Brazil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-died.html">Clay County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/03-13.html">March 13, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-buried.html#cms03920">Cottage Hill Cemetery</a>, Brazil, Ind. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000724">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405576">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7184865">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="852.51.59">Holliday, Francis E.</a></b> — of Delaware City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 12th District, 1949-52. 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> <b><a name="199.04.91">Holliday, Frederick William Mackey</a> (1828-1899)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-born.html">Winchester</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/02-22.html">February 22, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; wounded in battle and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his right arm</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1878-82. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and died two weeks later, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-died.html">Winchester</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-29.html">May 29, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 96 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of R. J. Holliday and Mary Catherine (Taylor) Holliday.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frederick-william-mackey-holliday/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6005872">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="685.35.65">Holliday, George Judson</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-lived.html">Horry County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Horry County, 1904-08. 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> <b><a name="676.05.56">Holliday, George L.</a></b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html#3">Pittsburgh, Pa.</a>, 1898-1906. 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> <b><a name="668.86.14">Holliday, Gibson C.</a></b> — of Iowa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 5th District, 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> <b><a name="222.70.41">Holliday, Harold L.</a></b> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>; elected 1964; elected unopposed 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="978.97.69">Holliday, J. T.</a></b> — of Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VA.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> <b><a name="274.17.46">Holliday, J. W., Sr.</a></b> — of Tarkio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AT-lived.html">Atchison County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Atchison County, 1925-28, 1931-32; defeated, 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> <b><a name="088.58.49">Holliday, James</a></b> — of Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/moundsville.html#3">Moundsville, Va.</a>, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/moundsville.html#2">Moundsville, W.Va.</a>, 1863. 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> <b><a name="732.30.29">Holliday, James O.</a></b> — of Hurricane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Putnam County, 1962; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. 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> <b><a name="068.89.01">Holliday, John</a></b> — of Glasgow County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>), N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Glasgow County, 1794-96. 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> <b><a name="241.38.13">Holliday, John</a></b> — U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Hankow</a>, as of 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> <b><a name="535.50.30">Holliday, John C.</a></b> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1897. 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> <b><a name="087.98.71">Holliday, Joseph R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BL-lived.html">Blair County</a>, Pa. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Blair County 2nd District; elected 1960. 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> <b><a name="706.68.57">Holliday, Joseph Richard</a></b> — of Lewisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 20th District; elected 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="773.90.39">Holliday, Junius A.</a></b> — of Missouri. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 4th District, 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> <b><a name="271.41.80">Holliday, Kel</a></b> — of West Virginia. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1936. 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> <b><a name="620.00.76">Holliday, Kelvin E.</a> (born c.1957)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Born about 1957. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-officials.html">Fayette County Clerk</a>, 1993-. Still living as of 2004. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sylvia (Lawson) Holliday and <a href="#485.04.19">Robert Kelvin Holliday</a>.</span></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> <b><a name="734.25.13">Holliday, M. A., Sr.</a></b> — of Garten, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 3rd 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> <b><a name="064.08.16">Holliday, Robert</a></b> — of Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1905; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Groton, 1910, 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> <b><a name="066.53.35">Holliday, Robert</a></b> — of El Paso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TX.html">1944</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> <b><a name="485.04.19">Holliday, Robert Kelvin</a> (b. 1933)</b> — also known as <b>Robert K. Holliday</b>; <b>Bob Holliday</b> — of Oak Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va.; Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Born in Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/02-11.html">February 11, 1933</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">television producer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Fayette County; elected 1962, 1964, 1966; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 11th District, 1969-72, 1981-94; resigned 1972, 1994; defeated, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-sigma-alpha.html">Pi Sigma Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Still living as of 2003. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of J. Kelvin Holliday and Kathleen (Harris) Holliday; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-23.html">December 23, 1956</a>, to Sylvia Lawson; father of <a href="#620.00.76">Kelvin E. Holliday</a>.</span></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> <b><a name="300.31.45">Holliday, Rosa</a></b> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MI.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> <b><a name="530.97.48">Holliday, S. W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1858-59. 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> <b><a name="113.86.79">Holliday, Tolbert</a> (d. 1951)</b> — of Hazard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PE-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/KY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PE-officials.html">Perry County Sheriff</a>, 1922-26. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PE-buried.html#cms05585">Englewood Cemetery</a>, Hazard, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="630.29.83">Holliday, W. J., Jr.</a></b> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IN.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> <b><a name="837.39.89">Holliday, Walter</a></b> — of Cleburne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cleburne.html">Mayor of Cleburne, Tex.</a>, 1953-55. 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> <b><a name="709.00.78">Holliday, William H.</a> (1843-1925)</b> — of Wyoming. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/05-21.html">May 21, 1843</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1894. Died in Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-20.html">February 20, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 275 days</a>). 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