1853-1902
Adoniram Judson Holmes
Attorney/Public Servant OH/IA
The Wikipedia account of the life of Adoniram Judson Holmes is both thorough and clear.
Adoniram Judson Holmes was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1853 and moved with his parents to Palmyra, Wisconsin. He attended the common schools, and entered Milton College of Milton, Wisconsin, but left in 1862 to enter the Union Army. He enlisted as a Private in Company D, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Company F on March 7, 1864, to 1st Lieutenant of Company K on May 12, 1865, and was honorably mustered out on July 27, 1865. He married Emma Folsom Holmes, and they had three children, Lulu Emma, Judson Harold, and Clarence Folsom.
After the war Holmes completed his studies in Milton College. Returning to Janesville he studied law and was admitted to the bar, but afterwards took the full course from the University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1867. He commenced practice in Boone, Iowa, in 1868…. In 1880 and 1881, he was the mayor of Boone. He also served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883.
In 1882, Holmes won the Republican nomination and was elected to the 48th United States Congress. Twice he was re-elected, serving in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He held the seat from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1889. However, when running for a fourth term in 1888, he was challenged in the district convention by future U.S. Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver. After 110 ballots in the district nominating convention, Dolliver won.
After his defeat, Holmes went to work for Congress and was chosen as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives in the Fifty-first Congress. He then resumed the practice of law in Boone, where he served as county attorney from 1896 to 1899. Holmes died in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, on January 21, 1902 (age 59 years, 325 days). He is interred at Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, Iowa.[1]
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[1] Adoniram Judson Holmes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoniram_J._Holmes