Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865
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Name (Latin)
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865
Other forms of name
Hicks, Thos. H. (Thomas Holliday), 1798-1865
Date of birth
1798-09-02
Date of death
1865-02-14
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- NUCMC data from LC Manuscript Div. for Creswell, J.A.J. Papers, 1819-1885
- Message of the Governor ... of Maryland, 1861:
- American leaders, 1789-1991, c1991
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Wikipedia description:
Thomas Holliday Hicks (September 2, 1798 – February 14, 1865) was a politician in the divided border-state of Maryland during the American Civil War. As governor, opposing the Democrats, his views accurately reflected the conflicting local loyalties. He was pro-slavery but anti-secession. Under pressure to call the General Assembly into special session, he held it in the pro-Union town of Frederick, where he was able to keep the state from seceding to join the Confederacy. In December 1862, Hicks was appointed to the U.S. Senate, where he endorsed Abraham Lincoln's re-election in 1864, but died soon afterwards.
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