John Edwin Holmes

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.

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*cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/695-743.pdf |title=Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors |accessmonthday=October 6 |accessyear=2007 |year=2005 |month=July |format=PDF |work=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006 |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |pages=31
*cite web |url=http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2065&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126 |title=John E. Holmes |accessmonthday=October 6 |accessyear=2007 |work=Office of the Lieutenant Governor

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NAME = Holmes, John Edwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Minister, politician, quartermaster; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
DATE OF BIRTH = 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH = Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States
DATE OF DEATH = 1863
PLACE OF DEATH = Annapolis, Maryland, United States