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Homer Adams Holt

Homer Adams Holt served as Governor of West Virginia.

  • Democratic
  • West Virginia
  • Former
Portrait of Homer Adams HoltWest Virginia
Role Governor

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State West Virginia

Representing constituents across the West Virginia delegation.

Service period 1937-1941

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

HOMER ADAMS HOLT was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia. After receiving an A.B. and an LL.B. from Washington and Lee University, he enlisted as an Army private but was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery during World War I. He went on to teach mathematics and law at Washington and Lee from 1920 […]

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