Isaac E. Holmes

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Isaac Edward Holmes (born April 6, 1796 in Charleston , South Carolina , † February 24, 1867 there ) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1851 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Holmes attended public schools in his homeland. He also enjoyed a private upbringing at times. He then studied at Yale College until 1815 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1818, he began to work in his new profession in Charleston. At the same time he began a political career.

Holmes was first a councilor in Charleston and then belonged to the House of Representatives from South Carolina from 1826 to 1829 and again from 1832 to 1833 . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1838 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the fourth electoral district of South Carolina , where he succeeded John K. Griffin on March 4, 1839 . Two years later he was elected to succeed Francis Wilkinson Pickens in the fifth district . From 1843 he represented the sixth district, again as the successor to Pickens. Overall, Holmes sat for six legislative terms between 1839 and 1851 for South Carolina in Congress . During this time, the Mexican-American War of 1848 and the associated territorial gains of the United States fell. His last years in Congress were dominated by the discussion of the question of slavery and the expansion or restriction of this institution. Between 1843 and 1845, Holmes was chairman of the trade committee. Between 1847 and 1849 he headed the Naval Committee.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Isaac Holmes moved to San Francisco , California , where he worked as a lawyer between 1851 and 1854. In 1857 he returned to Charleston for a short time. From 1857 to 1861 Holmes lived again in San Francisco. In 1861 he returned to Charleston for good. In the meantime, the state of South Carolina had broken away from the Union and joined the Confederate States . In 1861, prior to the outbreak of the Civil War , Holmes was the South Carolina State Government's negotiator to negotiate with the federal government on the open issues arising from the state's secession. Isaac Holmes died on February 24, 1867 in his hometown of Charleston.

Web links

  • Isaac E. Holmes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)