History of Mount Holly, (Union County) Arkansas United States of America

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Thomas Chipman McRae, representative, was born in Mount Holly, Ark., Dec. 21, 1851; son of Duncan L. and Mary A. Chipman (McRae) and grandson of Thomas W. Chipman. He attended the private schools at Shady Grove, Mount Holly and Falcon, Ark., and worked on a farm, and in a wholesale mercantile house at Shreveport, La. He was graduated from Soule business college, New Orleans, La., in 1870, and Washington and Lee university, Lexington, Va., LL.B., 1872. He was admitted to the bar in Rosston, Ark., in 1873; was a representative in the state legislature in 1877, and when the county seat was changed to Prescott he removed his law practice there in 1877. He was a member of the town council in 1879; a presidential elector on the Hancock and English ticket in 1880; chairman of the Democratic state convention in 1884; a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago, July 8, 1884, and was a member of the Democratic national committee, 1896-1900. He was a representative from the third district of Arkansas in the 49th-57th congresses, 1885-1903, and for four years was chairman of the committee on public lands.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Mount Holly, (Union County) Arkansas

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