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Thomas Holliday Hicks war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1858 bis 1862 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Maryland. Zwischen 1862 und 1865 vertrat er seinen Staat im US-Senat.
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.
Thomas Holliday Hicks war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1858 bis 1862 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Maryland. Zwischen 1862 und 1865 vertrat er seinen Staat im US-Senat.
Thomas Holliday Hicks (1798-1865) was governor of Maryland from 1858 to 1862. As governor during the outbreak of the Civil War, Hicks played a central role in preventing Maryland from joining the Confederacy. Although a slave-owner and Southerner, Hicks was strongly Unionist and rejected secession.
During the secession crisis of 1860-1861, Governor Hicks took several crucial steps to keep the border slave state of Maryland in the Union. First he refused to meet officially with the agents of seceded southern states intent on persuading Maryland to join the Confederacy.
Hicks was elected governor by popular vote on November 4, 1857 and was sworn into office on January 13, 1858. During his tenure, the state was unsettled due to the outbreak of the Civil War. Also, conflicts increased over the secession issue, and Union troops were attacked when they marched through the streets of Baltimore, which resulted in ...
Thomas Holliday Hicks, 1798–1865, American statesman, b. Dorchester co., Md. In 1857 he was elected governor of Maryland as a Know-Nothing.
