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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Joseph Holt |
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, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 06, 1807
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| Died | August 01, 1894
(87 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
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| Info | JOSEPH HOLT was born in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, on 6 January 1807; was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown, and Centre College, Danville; entered into the practice of law at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 1828; married Mary Harrison; moved to Louisville, 1832; was assistant editor of the Louisville Advertiser; was commonwealth’s attorney, 1833–1835; moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi, to practice law, 1835–1842; returned to Louisville to recuperate from tuberculosis after losing his wife to the disease; continued to practice law; married Margaret Wickliffe; moved to Washington to serve as commissioner of patents, 1857–1859; served as U.S. postmaster general, 1859–1861; served as Secretary of War, 18 January–5 March 1861; was appointed the first Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, 3 September 1862; prosecuted the John Wilkes Booth conspirators in the Lincoln assassination and was accused of suppressing evidence; issued a pamphlet, Vindication of Judge Advocate General Holt From the Foul Slanders of Traitors, Confessed Perjurers and Suborners, Acting in the Interest of Jefferson Davis, 1866; resigned as Judge Advocate General, 1875; died in Washington, D.C., on 1 August 1894.
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