| 词条 | David Holmes (politician) |
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|name = David Holmes |image = DavidHolmesMS.jpg |order = 5th |office = Governor of Mississippi |term_start = January 7, 1826 |term_end = July 25, 1826 |predecessor = Gerard Brandon |successor = Gerard Brandon |lieutenant = Gerard Brandon |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = Mississippi |term_start1 = August 30, 1820 |term_end1 = September 25, 1825 |predecessor1 = Walter Leake |successor1 = Powhatan Ellis |order2 = 1st |office2 = Governor of Mississippi |term_start2 = December 10, 1817 |term_end2 = January 5, 1820 |lieutenant2 = Duncan Stewart |predecessor2 = Himself (as Governor of the Mississippi Territory |successor2 = George Poindexter |office3 = 4th Governor of Mississippi Territory |term_start3 = March 7, 1809 |term_end3 = December 10, 1817 |appointer3 = Thomas Jefferson |predecessor3 = Robert Williams |successor3 = Himself (as Governor of the State of Mississippi) |state4 = Virginia |district4 = 4th |predecessor4 = Abram Trigg |successor4 = Jacob Swoope |term_start4 = March 4, 1803 |term_end4 = March 3, 1809 |state5 = Virginia |district5 = 2nd |predecessor5 = Andrew Moore |successor5 = James Stephenson |term_start5 = March 4, 1797 |term_end5 = March 3, 1803 |birth_date = {{birth date|1769|3|10}} |birth_place = Hanover, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |death_date = {{death date and age|1832|8|20|1769|3|10}} |death_place = Winchester, Virginia, U.S. | alma_mater = College of William and Mary |party = Democratic |otherparty = Democratic-Republican }} David Holmes (March 10, 1769{{spaced ndash}}August 20, 1832) was an American politician. He was a Virginia congressman, and later Mississippi statesman. He was appointed as the fourth and last governor of the Mississippi Territory and became elected as the first governor of the State of Mississippi. He served a term as Senator of Mississippi, and returned to serve part of a term as governor before ill health forced him to resign. CareerBorn in near Hanover in the Province of Pennsylvania, Holmes and his family moved to Virginia when he was a child. He served as U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1797 until 1809. Electoral history
Mississippi TerritoryPresident Thomas Jefferson appointed him fourth governor of Mississippi Territory. Holmes was very popular and his appointment marked the end of a long period of factionalism within the territory. He was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory, serving 1809–17. Holmes was generally successful in dealing with a variety of matters, including expansion, land policy, Indians, the War of 1812, and the constitutional convention of 1817 (of which he was elected president). Often concerned with problems regarding West Florida, he had a major role in 1810 in negotiations which led to the peaceful occupation of part of that territory. McCain (1967) concludes that Holmes' success was not based on brilliance, but upon kindness, unselfishness, persuasiveness, courage, honesty, diplomacy, and intelligence.[1] Mississippi statehoodIn 1817, Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state and Holmes won the election to be the first governor of the State of Mississippi unanimously.[2] Holmes took the oath of office in October 1817, though Mississippi did not officially become a state until December of that year. During his term, he established the state judicial system and the state militia and organized the land east of the Pearl River that the Choctaw Indians ceded. In 1820, the state legislature elected Holmes to be one of Mississippi's Senators in the U.S. Congress, and he served from 1821 until late 1825, when his election to another term[3] as governor of Mississippi forced him to resign. Because Holmes's declining health forced him to resign, he served only six months as Mississippi's fifth governor. If both territory and statehood years are counted, he is Mississippi's longest served Governor at over 11 years of service (10 years, 9 months, 29 days the first tenure, and 6 months, 18 days the second tenure). Holmes returned to his native Virginia where his health continued to fail before his death in 1832 at Jordan's Sulphur Springs, near Winchester, Virginia, where he still lies in the Mt. Hebron Cemetery. He was predeceased by his brother, Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, a casualty of the War of 1812. LegacyHolmes County, Mississippi is named in honor of him.[4]References1. ^{{harvnb|McCain|1967}} 2. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=233512 3. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=233517 4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=159}} Further reading
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