Alexander Richmond Holladay (September 18, 1811 – January 29, 1877) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.
Early life and background
Born on the Prospect Hill plantation, Belmont, in Spotsylvania County (now in Mineral, Virginia), Holladay was the son of Waller Holladay (1776–1860). He had a twin brother, Henry Addison Holladay, and they also had other brothers, Lewis Littlepage Holladay (born 1803), Albert Lewis Holladay (1805–1856), John Zachary Holladay (1806–1842) and Waller Lewis Holladay (1809–1873). Their sister Anne Elizabeth Holladay (1808–1853) married Dr W. Q. Poindexter, a nephew of George Poindexter, Governor of Mississippi. The Holladays were also related to the diplomat and general Lewis Littlepage, who was Littlepage's half-uncle (that is, his father's half-brother).[1]
Alexander Holladay attended public schools as a child and received special training under John Lewis at the Llangollen School, Bel Air, in Spotsylvania County, then attended the University of Virginia, where he studied law.
On September 7, 1837, Holladay married Patsy Quarles Poindexter, a daughter of Judge William Green Poindexter. Their son Alexander Quarles Holladay was born on May 8, 1839.[2]