John Edwin Holmes
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John Edwin Holmes (1809–1863) was the first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. He was ordained a Universalist minister in 1833 and preached for a short time in Michigan and Ohio. He soon began to study law in Illinois and joined the Democratic Party. In 1836, he became a member of Wisconsin Territory's Territorial Council, and in 1848, he was elected the lieutenant governor of Nelson Dewey, a position he held until 1850. After his term ended, he became a quartermaster and was taken prisoner in Tennessee during the Civil War. He was returned to the Union in 1863 as part of a prisoner exchange, but died soon after, in Annapolis, Maryland.
[edit] References
- Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006 31. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (July 2005). Retrieved on October 6, 2007.
- John E. Holmes. Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Retrieved on October 6, 2007.
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Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1848–1850 |
Succeeded by Samuel Beall |
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