Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman
20th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office 1842–1844
Preceded by	Valentine W. Southall
Succeeded by	Valentine W. Southall
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office 1841–1844
In office 1832–1836
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district
In office March 4, 1839 – December 1, 1840
Preceded by	Francis Mallory
Succeeded by	Francis Mallory
Member of the Virginia Senate
In office 1836–1839
Personal details
Born	October 1, 1799 Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Died	August 5, 1844 (aged 44) Smithfield, Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Caroline Carroll (1822–1844) Emily W. Carroll (1844 – his death)
Alma mater	University of North Carolina
Profession	lawyer

Joel Holleman (October 1, 1799 – August 5, 1844) was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Personal life

Holleman was born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia to John Holleman and Nancy Thomas Holleman. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and attended law school there.^[1][2] He was a teacher for some time before his admission to the bar. He eventually set up a law practice at Burwell Bay, Virginia, in Isle of Wight County. "[A]s a criminal lawyer, [he] had few equals and no superiors in lower Virginia."^[1]

On November 22, 1828, Holleman married Caroline Carroll of Isle of Wight County. She died in 1842. On April 3, 1844, a few months before his death, he married his erstwhile sister-in-law, Emily W. Carroll.^[1]

Political career

Holleman was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1832. He moved to the Senate of Virginia in 1836.

Holleman was elected to the Twenty-sixth Congress, taking office in 1839. At the time of his election, he made a public statement that he would resign his seat if the Whigs won his district in the 1840 presidential election. After William Henry Harrison did so, Holleman resigned.^[1]

He was reelected to the House of Delegates in 1841 and became Speaker the following year.

He died in Smithfield, Virginia, August 5, 1844. He was interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery.^[3]

Notes

1. Jamerson, p.65
2. Poore, p.451
3. "Joel Holleman". Find A Grave. 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

References

• Joel Holleman at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Jamerson, Bruce F., Clerk of the House of Delegates, supervising (2007). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-2007. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia House of Delegates.
• Poore, Benj. Perley, Clerk of Printing Records, United States Senate, compiler (1878). The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878. Houghton, Osgood and Company, Boston. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

External links

• "The Essays of Camillus, Addressed to The Honorable Joel Holleman, Originally Published in the Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald" (PDF). T. G. Broughton & Son, Norfolk. 1841. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

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