George H. Holland

George H. Holland was an American lawyer who served as a state legislator and Auditor of Accounts (Treasurer) in Mississippi. A Republican, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

He was the son of Charles Miller Holland Jr. He was a delegate at the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention. ^{[1] [2]}

He was a Republican nominee for Mississippi State Treasurer on a ticket with Adelbert Ames, Alexander K. Davis, James Hill, William H. Gibbs, George E. Harris, and T. W. Cardozo. ^[3] They were elected. ^[4] He was succeeded by M. L. Holland. ^[5]

At a joint session of the Mississippi legislature on February 17, 1875, the House and Senate passed resolutions honoring Holland after his death. African American Representative John W. Randolph said of him, "[H]e had learned to know no man on account of his color, and this, this alone, commends him to our consideration and favor, and also to posterity." ^[6]

References

1. Jacobson, Judy (July 28, 1999). Alabama and Mississippi Connections: Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families who Settled on Both Sides of the Tombigbee River. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN   9780806348575 – via Google Books.
2. "United States Congressional serial set". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 28, 1868 – via Google Books.
3. "The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..." D. Appleton. July 28, 1874 – via Google Books.
4. "The World Almanac & Book of Facts - Google Books". 1875. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
5. "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi - Mississippi. Department of Archives and History - Google Books". 1924. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
6. "The Weekly Mississippi Pilot". February 20, 1875.