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Silas Alexander Holcomb (August 25 1858 – April 25 1920) was a Nebraska lawyer and politician elected as the ninth Governor of Nebraska and serving from 1895 to 1899. He ran under a fusion ticket between the Populist and the Democratic Party.Holcomb was born in Gibson County Indiana helped on the family farm and went to the local schools in winter. At age seventeen he began to teach school.

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active years end date
1899-01-05
active years start date
1895-01-03
birth date
1858-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1858-08-25
birth place
Gibson County Indiana
death date
1920-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1920-04-25
death place
Broken Bow Nebraska
nationality
United States
order in office
Governor of Nebraska, 9th
party
People's Party (United States)
religion
Baptists
successor
William A. Poynter

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