Hines Holt

{{short description|American politician}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Hines Holt | image = Hinesholt.jpg | office = Member of the United States House of Representatives | term_start = February 1, 1841 | term_end = March 4, 1841 | governor = | predecessor = Walter T. Colquitt | successor = Roger L. Gamble | office1 = Member of the House of Representatives First Confederate Congress | term_start1 = 1862 | term_end1 = March 1, 1863 (resignation) | predecessor1 = New Position | successor1 = Porter Ingram | office2 = Treasurer of the State of Georgia | term2 = 1859 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Member of the Georgia State Senate | term3 = 1859-1862 | office4 = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Baldwin County | term4 = 1841-1841 (resigned to take seat in U.S. Congress) | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1805|4|27}} | birth_place = Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age |mf=yes|1865|11|4|1805|4|27}} | death_place = Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. | party = Whig | alma_mater = Franklin College (University of Georgia) | spouse = Sarah Ann Perry | children = four girls and two boys  | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | battles = }}

'''Hines Holt''' (April 27, 1805 – November 4, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from Georgia.

==Early years and education== Hines Holt was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, to Hines Holt and Mary Dixon Seward Holt. He completed preparatory studies in Milledgeville and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) from the University of Georgia's Franklin College in Athens, Georgia in 1824.<ref name="UGA">{{cite web|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c03?seq=45|title=History of the University of Georgia - Class of 1824 - Hines Holt|publisher=University of Georgia Online Archives|pages=211–212|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref> He studied law and was admitted to the bar and began a practice in Columbus, Georgia.<ref name="UGA" /><ref name="Jr.1975">{{cite book|author=Ezra J. Warner, Jr.|title=Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6VyjF_ZTukC&pg=PA125|date=1 September 1975|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-4942-3|pages=125–126}}</ref> In 1838, Holt married Sarah Ann Perry. The couple had six children, four girls and two boys. In January 1846 Holt became one of the first 15 lawyers admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Georgia. In 1855, Holt purchased Wynn House, in Columbus, Georgia, which still stands today.

==Political service== Holt was an electoral college member in the 1832 presidential election.<ref name="UGA" /> A decade later, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1841; however, he was then elected as a Whig to the 26th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his cousin Walter T. Colquitt and served from February 1, 1841, to March 4, 1841.<ref name="UGA" /> He resumed the practice of law and served as the Treasurer of Georgia in 1859. That same year, Holt was elected to the Georgia Senate and he was re-elected the following year. He became a member of the House of Representatives of the First Confederate Congress in 1862 and resigned on March 1, 1863, after the third session.<ref name="UGA" /><ref name="Jr.1975" />

==Death and legacy== Hines Holt died while attending as a delegate the State constitutional convention at Milledgeville on November 4, 1865.<ref name="Jr.1975" /> He was buried in Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia.

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== External links == * {{CongBio|H000745}} * {{Find a Grave|7985052}} * [https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/ahlers-ogletree/c-r-parker-mrs-hines-holt--1838-oil-752085 Oil painting of "Mrs. Hines Holt" (1838)] * [https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/talbot/first-session-supreme-court-of-georgia Historic Marker], noting that Hines Holt was among the first 15 lawyers admitted to practice before the Georgia Supreme Court * [https://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2015/08/31/wynn-house-1839-columbus/ Modern Photograph of historic Wynn House - purchased by Hines Holt in 1855]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{succession box| before=Walter T. Colquitt| title=U.S. Representative from Georgia's at-large congressional district| years=February 1, 1841 – March 3, 1841| after=Roger L. Gamble}} {{s-end}}

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