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Thomas Holliday Hicks (* 2. September 1798 im Dorchester County, Maryland; † 14. Februar 1865 in Washington D.C.) 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 . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Frühe Jahre. 2 Gouverneur von Maryland.
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.
- September 2, 1798, East New Market, Maryland, US
- John A. J. Creswell
Gov. Thomas Holliday Hicks. Terms January 13, 1858 - January 8, 1862 ; Party Whig; Democratic; American; Constitutional Unionist; Republican ; Born September 2, 1798 ; Passed February 13, 1865 ; Birth State Maryland
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.
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.
views 2,929,525 updated. Thomas Holliday Hicks, 1798–1865, American statesman, b. Dorchester co., Md. In 1857 he was elected governor of Maryland as a Know-Nothing.
Biography. HICKS, THOMAS HOLLIDAY, a Senator from Maryland; born near East New Market, Dorchester County, Md., September 2, 1798; attended the local subscription schools; sheriff of Dorchester County in 1824; member, State legislature 1830; member of the State electoral college in 1836 and while a member of the college was elected to the State ...
