Silas A. Holcomb | |
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| 9th Governor of Nebraska | |
| In office January 3, 1895 – January 5, 1899 | |
| Lieutenant | Robert E. Moore James E. Harris |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Crounse |
| Succeeded by | William A. Poynter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 25, 1858 Gibson County, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 25, 1920 (aged 61) Bellingham, Washington, U.S. |
| Political party | Peoples |
| Spouse | Alice Brinson |
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Silas Alexander Holcomb (August 25, 1858 – April 25, 1920) was a Nebraska lawyer and politician elected as the ninth Governor of Nebraska and serving from 1895 to 1899. He ran under a fusion ticket between the Populist and the Democratic Party.
Holcomb was born in Gibson County, Indiana, helped on the family farm and went to the local schools in winter. At age seventeen, he began to teach school. After his father's death in 1878, he moved with mother and siblings to Hamilton County, Nebraska in 1879. He worked in Thummel & Platt law office in Grand Island and was admitted to the Nebraska bar in 1882.[1] On April 13, 1882, he married Martha Alice Brinson in Mills County, Iowa.[2] They moved to Broken Bow where he farmed and practiced law.
- ^ "Silas A. Holcomb". Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ Silas Alexander Holcomb. The Encyclopedia of Nebraska. January 1999. ISBN 9780403098347. Retrieved September 17, 2012.