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Thomas Holliday Hicks
United States Senator from Maryland
In office December 29, 1862 – February 14, 1865
Preceded by
James A. Pearce
Succeeded by
John A. J. Creswell
31st Governor of Maryland
In office January 13, 1858 – January 8, 1862
Preceded by
Thomas W. Ligon
Succeeded by
Augustus Bradford
Maryland House of Delegates
In office 1829 – 1830, 1836
Personal details
Born
(1798-09-02)September 2, 1798 East New Market, Maryland, US
Died
February 14, 1865(1865-02-14) (aged 66) Washington, D.C., US
Political party
Democratic (1830–1835) Whig (1835–1854) American (1854–1860) Constitutional Union (1860–1862) Unconditional Union (1862–1865)
Spouses
Ann Thompson
Leah A. Raleigh
Jane Eliza McNamara Wilcox
Children
5
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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. Under pressure to call the General Assembly into special session, he held it in the pro-Union town of Frederick, where he was able to keep the state from seceding to join the Confederacy.
In December 1862, Hicks was appointed to the U.S. Senate, where he endorsed Abraham Lincoln's re-election in 1864, but died soon afterwards.
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