Alexander Holladay

Alexander Richmond Holladay (September 18, 1811 – January 29, 1877) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

Born in Prospect Hill, Virginia, Holladay attended the public schools as a child and received special training under John Lewis of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Spotsylvania, Orange and Louisa Counties, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1845 to 1847 and held several local office before being elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1848, serving from 1849 to 1853. There, Holladay was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy from 1849 to 1851. He declined reelection in 1852 and moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1853 where he commenced practicing law. Holladay was president of the Virginia Board of Public Works from 1857 to 1861 before his death in Richmond on January 29, 1877. He was interned in the family cemetery called "Prospect Hill" in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

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