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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas M. Holt |
| Address | 4777 NC Highway 62 South Alamance County
Burlington, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 15, 1831
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| Died | April 11, 1896
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jul 15, 2020 08:04am |
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| Info | Thomas Michael Holt, textile manufacturer, legislator, and NC governor
Born at Locust Grove in Alamance (formerly Orange) County, near the site where the Regulators fought in 1771. His father Edwin M. Holt was a pioneer in the North Carolina textile industry.
Briefly attended UNC-CH but left early and worked in his father's business, Edwin M. Holt's and Sons Cotton Mill. Thomas initiated the process of dyeing of yarn prior to making cloth from it, which made it possible to produce the renowned "Alamance plaids." Holt was a Whig prior to the Civil War.
During the Kirk-Holden War, Holt was arrested for participating in Ku Klux Klan activity. He was released without going to court but became a hero of those opposed to Reconstruction.
Alamance County Commissioner (C) 1872-1876
NC Senate (D-Alamance) 1876
NC House (D-Alamance) 1882-1885; speaker in 1885
NC Lieutenant Governor (D) 1889-1891
NC Governor (D) 1891-1893. Holt was a leading advocate of establishing the NC Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Raleigh, and two state schools at Greensboro.
President, North Carolina Railroad Company, of the North Carolina State Fair, and of the NC State Grange.
Holt died at his home near his mill on the Haw River.
His house is now the Alamance County Historical Society
NC Manual 1989, p. 308; [Link] |
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