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  Holt, Thomas M.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1890-01-01  
 
NameThomas M. Holt
Address4777 NC Highway 62 South Alamance County
Burlington, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born July 15, 1831
DiedApril 11, 1896 (64 years)
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifedChronicler
Jul 15, 2020 08:04am
Tags Presbyterian -
InfoThomas Michael Holt, textile manufacturer, legislator, and NC governor

Born at Locust Grove in Alamance (formerly Orange) County, near the site where the Regulators fought in 1771. His father Edwin M. Holt was a pioneer in the North Carolina textile industry.

Briefly attended UNC-CH but left early and worked in his father's business, Edwin M. Holt's and Sons Cotton Mill. Thomas initiated the process of dyeing of yarn prior to making cloth from it, which made it possible to produce the renowned "Alamance plaids." Holt was a Whig prior to the Civil War.

During the Kirk-Holden War, Holt was arrested for participating in Ku Klux Klan activity. He was released without going to court but became a hero of those opposed to Reconstruction.

Alamance County Commissioner (C) 1872-1876

NC Senate (D-Alamance) 1876

NC House (D-Alamance) 1882-1885; speaker in 1885

NC Lieutenant Governor (D) 1889-1891

NC Governor (D) 1891-1893. Holt was a leading advocate of establishing the NC Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Raleigh, and two state schools at Greensboro.

President, North Carolina Railroad Company, of the North Carolina State Fair, and of the NC State Grange.

Holt died at his home near his mill on the Haw River.

His house is now the Alamance County Historical Society

NC Manual 1989, p. 308; [Link]

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  05/18/1892 NC Governor - D Convention Lost 24.95% (-13.49%)
  04/07/1891 NC Governor - Succession Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1888 NC Lt. Governor Won 52.13% (+5.29%)
  05/30/1888 NC Lt. Governor - D Convention Won 55.99% (+11.97%)
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  06/25/1884 NC Lt. Governor - D Convention Lost 1.71% (-58.73%)
  06/18/1880 NC Lt. Governor - D Convention Lost 16.80% (-33.90%)
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