Samuel Holmes (politician)

Samuel Holmes was an American politician in Illinois, who served as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives during the mid-1850s (List of speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives). He was elected from Adams County, Illinois.[1][2]

He was elected Speaker of the House over Isaac N. Arnold by a vote of 36 to 28.[3]

References

Illinois Blue Book. 1903. pp. 315, 316, 329.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the ... General Assembly of the State of Illinois. J.Y. Sawyer, Public Printer. 1857. p. 1025.
Politics and Politicians of Illinois. H.W. Rokker. 1887. p. 37.

Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives
Messinger McLean Alexander Mather Blackwell McLean Ewing Jenkins Semple Ewing Hackleton Richardson Cloud Casey Breese Reynolds Turner Holmes Morrison Cullom Buckmaster Fuller Corwin W. Smith Cullom Haines Shaw James Thomas Collins Haines Calhoun Matthews James Miller Cochran Crafts Meyer Cochran Curtis Sherman John Miller Shurtleff Adkins McKinley Shanahan Dahlberg Shanahan Scholes Shanahan Roe Devine L. Lewis Cross Schnackenberg Green Powell Wood Powell J. Lewis Touhy R. Smith Walker Blair Redmond Ryan Telcser Madigan Daniels Madigan Welch

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