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Joseph Holt
Joseph Holt 1807–94, American public official, judge advocate general of the U.S. army (1862–75), b. Breckinridge co., Ky. He became a widely known lawyer and political speaker in the old Southwest. For his services to the Democratic party, President Buchanan appointed him commissioner of patents in 1857, and in 1859 he became Postmaster General. He was Secretary of War from January to Mar., 1861. After the secession movement began, Holt, previously sympathetic to the South, gave unhesitating allegiance to the Union. Appointed (Sept., 1862) to the new office of judge advocate general, Holt supported and carried out President Lincoln's desire for an extension of military jurisdiction over many civil matters, including the trials of political prisoners. The trial and punishment of John Wilkes Booth's accomplices, however, especially the hanging of Mary E. Surratt , on questionable evidence and with evidence favorable to the defendants suppressed, brought a reaction against Holt and the power he had assumed. However, the radical Republicans in Congress kept him in office until 1875. |
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"Joseph Holt." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Joseph Holt." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Holt-Jos.html "Joseph Holt." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Holt-Jos.html |
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Ingraham, Joseph Holt
Ingraham, Joseph Holt (1809–60),born in Maine, became popular as a historical romancer with such thrilling tales as Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf (1836); Burton; or, The Sieges (1838), an infamous portrait of Burr; and Leisler; or, The Rebel and the King's Man (1846). As an Episcopal clergyman in the South, Ingraham later wrote epistolary religious romances, including The Prince of the House of David (1855), concerned with the life of Christ; The Pillar of Fire (1859), the story of Moses; and The Throne of David (1860), telling of the land of Canaan to the time of Absalom's revolt.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Ingraham, Joseph Holt." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Ingraham, Joseph Holt." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-IngrahamJosephHolt.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Ingraham, Joseph Holt." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-IngrahamJosephHolt.html |
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Holt, Joseph
Holt, Joseph (1756–1826), the son of a Protestant farmer, a leading figure in the insurrection of 1798 in Wexford. Transported to Australia, he returned to Ireland in 1814 to pursue an unsuccessful career as a publican. His memoirs, published in 1838, present him as having been driven into rebellion, but there are suggestions that both Holt himself and his editor, Thomas Crofton Croker, deliberately played down his prior involvement in radical conspiracy.
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"Holt, Joseph." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Holt, Joseph." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-HoltJoseph.html "Holt, Joseph." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-HoltJoseph.html |
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