David L. Holcomb (1848–1913) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Holcomb was born on April 26, 1848, in what is now Greenbush, Wisconsin. He would attend what was then Galesville University. After residing in Floyd, Iowa, Holcomb settled in Arcadia, Wisconsin in 1867. Jobs he held include farm hand and schoolteacher. Holcomb married Ida Dewey in 1874. He died on September 30, 1913, and was interred in Arcadia.

David L. Holcomb

Political career

Holcomb was elected to the Assembly in 1892 and 1898. Additionally, he was President of the school board and Chairman (similar to Mayor) of Arcadia and a member of the county board of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.

David L. Holcomb

References

1848 births

1913 deaths

People from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

People from Floyd County, Iowa

People from Arcadia, Wisconsin

Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Mayors of places in Wisconsin

School board members in Wisconsin

Gale College alumni

Schoolteachers from Wisconsin

Farmworkers

19th-century American farmers

David L. Holcomb