Holding, Randolph 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1872  (District 31)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Not Available
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Stearns
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            7/27/1844
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Illinois
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            McHenry
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
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                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Saint Joseph
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            8th Minnesota Regiment; 
                         
                         1862 to 1865
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Holding, Minnesota (Township Clerk); 
                         
                         1870 to 1881
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Holding Township and Holdingsford are named for him.  Holding Township was named to honor him as its first permanent settler.  He made a homestead claim in 1868.  (He arrived in Minnesota in 1861.  He platted the village of Holding's Ford six years later.  (Minnesota Place Names)
From 1866 to 1868, he engaged in freighting from St. Cloud to the Red River.  (Minnesota Place Names)
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/7/1871
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Saint Joseph
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/2/1872 to 1/6/1873
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/2/1872
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Stearns
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Farmer
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Not Available
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                Rules and Joint Rules
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Ways and Means
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    Session Notes:
                                    From 1849 to 1886, the term of office start date is uncertain. 
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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