HOLT, JOSEPH,
\hˈə͡ʊlt], \hˈəʊlt], \h_ˈəʊ_l_t]\
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Born in Kentucky in 1807, was appointed by President Buchanan Commissioner of Patents in 1857, and Postmaster-General in 1859, and succeeded John B. Floyd as Secretary of War in i860. Although previously a Democrat he supported the administration of President Lincoln, who appointed him judge advocate of the army. In 1865 he was brevetted major-general U.S.A. for services in the bureau of military justice.
By John Franklin Jameson
