People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — WILLIAM S. HOLMAN DEAD. [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM S. HOLMAN DEAD.

Distinguished Indiana Congressman Passes Away at Washington. Representative Holman or Indiana died at his home at Washington Thursday afternoon after an illness of several weeks. Spinal meningitis was the cause of death. William Steele Holman was a member of the convention of 1850 which framed the present, constitution of the State of Indiana. His congressional career began with his election to the house of representatives in 1858. With three exceptions he has been elected to that body biennially ever since. Throughout the whole of this period Judge Holman was one of the most efficient and trusted of the democratic leaders. Probably no other member of congress, in either branch, was so thoroughly versed in all the statutes of the United States, or so familiar with the circumstances of their enactment and the effects of their operation.