Thomas Holliday Hicks Politician
Thomas Holliday Hicks (September 2, 1798 – February 14, 1865) was a politician in the divided border-state of Maryland during the American Civil War. As Governor, opposing the Democrats, his views accurately reflected the conflicting local loyalties. He was pro-slavery but anti-secession. Under pressure to call the General Assembly into special session, he held it in the pro-Union town of Frederick, where he was able to keep the state from seceding.In December 1862, Hicks was appointed to the U.S. Senate, where he endorsed Lincoln’s re-election in 1864, but died soon afterwards.
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- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ntVpHBIz0hAC&pg=PA202&dq=constitutional+authority+to+take+such+action&hl=en&sa=X&ei=khCtUKveOIXitQb6s4DIAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=constitutional%20authority%20to%20take%20such%20action&f=false
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7511344
- http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=e23e224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD