William Perry Holaday (December 14, 1882 – January 29, 1946) was a

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from the state of

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Biography

Holaday was born near

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. He attended the common schools and Vermilion Academy in nearby Vermilion Grove. He entered Penn College (now

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) in

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, then transferred to the

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. Holaday received his law degree from the

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in 1905, and was

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the same year. His initial legal practice was in

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. Holaday served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Vermilion County from 1905 until 1907. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1909 until 1923. Holaday was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress, after which he resumed the practice of Law in Danville. Holaday died in

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on January 29, 1946. He was interred in Georgetown Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holaday, William Perry 1882 births 1946 deaths William Penn University alumni University of Missouri alumni University of Illinois College of Law alumni Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Georgetown, Illinois 20th-century American politicians People from Vermilion County, Illinois People from Danville, Illinois