politician Lieutenant governor of North Dakota
Holt resided in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 1934, he was an unsuccessful candidate for United States. Senator from North Dakota against incumbent Lynn Frazier. In 1940, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which nominated United States. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term.
In 1942, he was elected as a Democrat to serve as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor John Moses from 1943 until his death the following year of lung cancer.
Upon learning of Holt"s death, the governor ordered all flags across North Dakota to fly at half-mast.