Homer A. Holt (justice)
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Homer A. Holt was a West Virginia lawyer and justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Holt practiced as a lawyer from 1853 to 1873, except for a period of service as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He was a delegate to the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872. In that year he was also elected to the position of local circuit court judge. After the circuit boundaries were reformed, he was again elected to a circuit judge position. In 1890 he was appointed to the state Supreme Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy, and then was elected to the remaining 4 years of that term in 1892.
He married Mary Ann Byrne in 1857, and they had 3 children. One of his grandchildren was Homer A. Holt
, a lawyer, attorney general, and governor of West Virginia.
Holt practiced as a lawyer from 1853 to 1873, except for a period of service as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He was a delegate to the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872. In that year he was also elected to the position of local circuit court judge. After the circuit boundaries were reformed, he was again elected to a circuit judge position. In 1890 he was appointed to the state Supreme Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy, and then was elected to the remaining 4 years of that term in 1892.
He married Mary Ann Byrne in 1857, and they had 3 children. One of his grandchildren was Homer A. Holt
Homer A. Holt
Homer Adams Holt was a West Virginia lawyer and politician who served as that state's 20th governor from 1937 to 1941. Born in Lewisburg, West Virginia, he attended the Greenbrier Military School there and then went on to graduate from Washington and Lee University in 1918, where he was a member...
, a lawyer, attorney general, and governor of West Virginia.