Sidney T. Holmes

Sidney T. Holmes

Sidney Tracy Holmes (born August 14, 1815 in Schaghticoke , New York , † January 16, 1890 in Bay City , Michigan ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1865 and 1867 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sidney Tracy Holmes was born in Rensselaer County during the British-American War . In 1819 his family moved to Morrisville , Madison County . There he attended public schools and graduated from Morrisville Academy . After that he taught as a teacher. He worked as a civil engineer on the Chenango and Black River canals for five years . Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1841, he began practicing in Morrisville. The Mexican-American War broke out about five years later . Between 1848 and 1851 he was a Loan Commissioner in Madison County. In 1851 he was appointed guardianship and probate judge in Madison County - a post he held until 1864. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1864 for the 39th Congress , Holmes was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd constituency of New York , where he succeeded De Witt Clinton Littlejohn on March 4, 1865 . Since he on a run again in 1866 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1867 Congress of. The first half of his term in office was overshadowed by the civil war.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer for a short time in Morrisville and then until 1872 in Utica . He then moved to Bay City, Bay County , where he continued to practice as a lawyer. He died there on January 16, 1890 and was then buried in Cedar Street Cemetery in Morrisville.

Web links

• Sidney T. Holmes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sidney T. Holmes in the database of Find a Grave (English)