Alexander Holladay [SEP] educated at
of Virginia, where he studied law.
On September 7, 1837, Holladay married Patsy Quarles Poindexter, a daughter of Judge William Green Poindexter. Their son Alexander Quarles Holladay was born on May 8, 1839.
Career and death.
Holladay was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Spotsylvania, Orange and Louisa Counties, Virginia. From 1845 to 1847 he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and held several local offices before being elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1848
Alexander Q. Holladay
Alexander Quarles Holladay LL.D. (8 May 1839 – 13 March 1909) was a United States lawyer, state senator and college administrator.
During the Civil War, Holladay was an officer of the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of Colonel. For the remainder of his life he was commonly called "Colonel Holladay".
Life.
The son of Alexander Richmond Holladay (1811–1877), a lawyer and former U. S. Representative, by his marriage to Patsy Quarles Poindexter, Holladay was born