Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman (born October 1, 1799 in Smithfield , Virginia , †  August 5, 1844 ibid) was an American politician . In 1839 and 1840 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joel Holleman attended the public schools of his home country and then Wake Forest College in North Carolina . Subsequently he worked as a teacher for some time. After completing a law degree at the University of North Carolina and being admitted to the bar, he began practicing this profession in Burwell Bay . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1832 and 1836 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives ; from 1836 to 1839 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional elections of 1838 Holleman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded John Winston Jones on March 4, 1839 . He said he would step down if a Whig Party candidate won the majority in his district in the 1840 presidential election . After the Whig candidate and national election winner William Henry Harrison won in Holleman's constituency, the latter resigned on December 1, 1840, which then fell to Francis Mallory .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Joel Holleman worked again as a lawyer. Between 1841 and 1844 he was again a member of the Virginia House of Representatives, as its president he served from 1842. He died in Smithfield on August 5, 1844.

Web links

• Joel Holleman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joel Holleman in the database of Find a Grave (English)