David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi. Born in York County, Pennsylvania, Holmes and his family moved to Virginia when he was a child. He served as U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1797 until 1808 when President Jefferson appointed him Mississippi's fourth territorial governor. Holmes was very popular and his appointment marked the end of a long period of factionalism within the territory.

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  • David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi. Born in York County, Pennsylvania, Holmes and his family moved to Virginia when he was a child. He served as U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1797 until 1808 when President Jefferson appointed him Mississippi's fourth territorial governor. Holmes was very popular and his appointment marked the end of a long period of factionalism within the territory. In 1817, Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state and Holmes won the election to be the first governor of the State of Mississippi. Holmes took the oath of office in October 1817, though Mississippi did not officially become a state until December of that year. During his term, he established the state judicial system and the state militia and organized the land east of the Pearl River that the Choctaw Indians ceded. He served a complete term of two years, but Governor Holmes decided not to run for re-election in 1819. In 1820, the state legislature elected Holmes to be one of Mississippi's Senators in the U.S. Congress, and he served from 1821 until late 1825, when his election to another term as governor of Mississippi forced him to resign. Because Holmes's declining health forced him to resign, he served only six months (January 1826 - July 1826) as Mississippi's sixth governor. Holmes returned to his native Virginia where his health continued to fail before his death in 1832 at Jordan's Sulphur Springs, near Winchester, Virginia, where he still lies in the Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  • David Holmes war der letzte Gouverneur des Mississippi-Territoriums und der erste Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Mississippi.
  • David Holmes, född 10 mars 1769 i York County, Pennsylvania, död 20 augusti 1832 nära Winchester, Virginia, var en amerikansk politiker. Han var guvernör i delstaten Mississippi 1817-1820 och 1826. Han representerade Mississippi i 1820-1825. Han var ledamot av 1797-1809. Holmes studerade juridik och inledde 1791 sin karriär som advokat i Virginia. Demokrat-republikanen Holmes efterträdde 1797 Andrew Moore som ledamot för Virginias andra distrikt i USA:s representanthus. Han representerade Virginias fjärde distrikt 1803-1809 och efterträddes som kongressledamot av federalisten Jacob Swoope. Holmes var guvernör i Mississippiterritoriet 1809-1817. Han var sedan den första guvernören i delstaten Mississippi. Han efterträddes 1820 som guvernör av George Poindexter. Senator Walter Leake avgick 1820 och efterträddes av Holmes. Holmes vann guvernörsvalet i Missisippi 1825. Han tjänstgjorde sedan som guvernör från januari till juli 1826 innan han avgick av hälsoskäl. Holmes var presbyterian. Hans grav finns på Mount Hebron Cemetery i Winchester, Virginia. Holmes County, Mississippi har fått sitt namn efter David Holmes.
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  • David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi. Born in York County, Pennsylvania, Holmes and his family moved to Virginia when he was a child. He served as U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1797 until 1808 when President Jefferson appointed him Mississippi's fourth territorial governor. Holmes was very popular and his appointment marked the end of a long period of factionalism within the territory.
  • David Holmes war der letzte Gouverneur des Mississippi-Territoriums und der erste Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Mississippi.
  • David Holmes, född 10 mars 1769 i York County, Pennsylvania, död 20 augusti 1832 nära Winchester, Virginia, var en amerikansk politiker. Han var guvernör i delstaten Mississippi 1817-1820 och 1826. Han representerade Mississippi i 1820-1825. Han var ledamot av 1797-1809. Holmes studerade juridik och inledde 1791 sin karriär som advokat i Virginia. Demokrat-republikanen Holmes efterträdde 1797 Andrew Moore som ledamot för Virginias andra distrikt i USA:s representanthus.
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