James Holliday (Wisconsin politician)

James Holliday (January 19, 1818 – May 16, 1851) was an American lawyer.

Born in Wayne Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Holliday studied law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. In 1843, Holliday moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory and practiced law. In 1847-1848, he served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature and help prepared the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847. Holliday died suddenly in Milwaukee during a court session of a heart attack.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1899,' pg. 141
  2. ↑ 'Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin,' Vol. 1, State Bar Association of Wisconsin: 1905, Biographical Sketch of James Holliday, pg. 224


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