Education
He attended the common schools.
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David Pierson Holloway
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Career
Learned the printing business and served four years in the office of the Cincinnati Gazette. He moved to Richmond, Indiana, in 1823. Purchased the Richmond Palladium in 1832 and was its editor and proprietor until he died.
He served in the State Senate 1844-1850.
He was appointed in 1849 examiner of land offices. Holloway was elected as an Indiana People"s Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-fourth Congress). He was appointed commissioner of patents and served from 1861 to 1865.
He engaged as a patent attorney in Washington, District of Columbia, until his death, September 9, 1883.
He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Richmond, Indiana. He was reinterred in Earlham Cemetery.
Membership
He served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1843 and 1844.
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Nationality
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Political Party
People"s Party