Edward Everett Holland


Edward Everett Holland was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Early life and education

Born near Suffolk, Virginia to the former Ann Scott Pretlow and her husband, Zechariah Holland, Holland attended private schools. He attended the Richmond College, then studied law at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Suffolk, Virginia.
He served as mayor of Suffolk in 1885–1887, then was elected the Commonwealth's attorney for Nansemond County, serving from 1887–1907.
Holland became president of the Farmers Bank of Nansemond in 1892.
He served as a member of the State senate from 1908 to 1911.
Holland was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920.
He resumed his banking pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920 and 1924.
He served as member of the Senate of Virginia during the years 1930–1941.

Death and legacy

He died in Suffolk, Virginia, on October 23, 1941, and was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia.
His home at Suffolk, the Building at 216 Bank Street, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985

Electoral history