William P. Holaday

William P. Holaday

William Perry Holaday (born December 14, 1882 in Ridge Farm , Vermilion County , Illinois , †  January 29, 1946 in Georgetown , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1933 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Holaday attended the common schools and then the Vermilion Grove Academy and the Penn College in Oskaloosa ( Iowa ). He then studied at the University of Missouri in Columbia . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana and his admission to the bar in 1905, he began to work in Danville in this profession. Between 1905 and 1907 he was also the assistant prosecutor in Vermilion County. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1909 and 1923 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives .

In the 1922 congressional election , Holaday was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 18th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Joseph Gurney Cannon on March 4, 1923 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . In 1932 it was not confirmed. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Holaday practiced again as a lawyer in Danville. He died on January 29, 1946 in Georgetown, where he was also buried.

Web links

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• William P. Holaday in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)