Hendrick S. Holden

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hendrick S. Holden

| image = Hendrick S. Holden (1910) (cropped).png

| alt =

| caption = Holden in a 1910 publication

| state_senate = New York

| district = 38th

| term_start = 1909

| term_end = 1910

| predecessor = Horace White

| successor = J. Henry Walters

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1849|3|22}}

| birth_place = Charlotte, Monroe County, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|11|10|1849|3|22}}

| death_place =

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| party = Republican

| spouse = {{marriage|Belle S. Stewart|1874}}
{{marriage|Luella Stewart|1905}}

| children = 1

| education =

| alma_mater = Colgate University

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|banker}}

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Hendrick S. Holden (March 22, 1849 – November 10, 1918) was an American politician and banker from New York. He served in the New York State Senate from 1909 to 1910.

Early life

Hendrick S. Holden was born on March 22, 1849, in Charlotte, Monroe County, New York, to Maria D. (née Demarest) and Erastus F. Holden. In 1869, he entered Colgate University and after his first year he returned to Syracuse and worked for his father, who worked as an agent for D., L., & W. Coal.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tH0_AAAAYAAJ/page/n27/mode/2up |title=New York State Men: Biographic Studies and Character Portraits |last=Hills |first=Frederick S. |publisher=The Argue Company |year=1910 |page=28 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924019341829/page/n55/mode/2up |title=The First National Bank of Syracuse: The Story of Fifty Years |publisher=The First National Bank of Syracuse |year=1913 |pages=36, 55 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}} He later graduated from Colgate University in 1873.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/addressesofalumn00colg/page/n31/mode/2up |title=Addresses of Alumni of Colgate University, May 1898 |volume=3 |publisher=Colgate University |year=1898 |page=14 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}

Career

In 1872, Holden engaged in the coal business in Brooklyn. He was a member of the firm Nelson & Holden. After eight years, he returned to Syracuse and worked with his father and uncle under the coal business Holden Brothers. He became a partner and the name changed to Holden & Son. He continued the business until the firm dissolved on May 1, 1905. In 1906, he served as the inaugural president of the Syracuse Stock Exchange.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-stock-exchange-is-to-o/153575748/ |title=Stock Exchange is to Open Its Doors on May 1 |date=1906-04-07 |newspaper=The Post-Standard |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}

Holden defeated Donald Dey for the Republican nomination for New York State Senate in 1908. He was subsequently elected.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/syracuse-herald-journal-business-men-out/153575594/ |title=Business Men Out for the Senate |date=1908-09-20 |newspaper=The Syracuse Herald |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}} He was a founder and served as the president of the Commercial National Bank of Syracuse. He was a director of the First National Bank, succeeding his father in 1900. He was a director of Solvay Process Company, Solvay Foundry Company, E. C. Stearns Company. He was also director of the Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad, the Beebe Syndicate of Railroads and Empire United Railroads Inc.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/electricrailway411913newy/page/170/mode/2up |title=The Electric Railway Journal, January to June 1913 |publisher=McGraw Publishing Company |year=1913 |pages=170, 228, 344 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}} He was a trustee of the Syracuse University. In 1911, he became a trustee of the Hospital of the Good Shepherd.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-new-trustees-for-hospi/153576262/ |title=New Trustees for Hospital |date=1911-03-17 |newspaper=The Post-Standard |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}

Personal life

Holden married Belle S. Stewart of Brooklyn on May 13, 1874. He married Luella Stewart on May 10, 1905. They adopted a daughter, Beatrice. He lived on James Street in Syracuse.

Holden died on November 10, 1918.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-and-sun-bulletin-syracuse-banker-d/153575916/ |title=Syracuse Banker Dies |date=1918-11-11 |newspaper=The Binghamton Press |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}

References

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{{succession box | title = New York State Senate
38th District | before = Horace White | years = 1909–1910 | after = Hendrick S. Holden}}

Category:1849 births

Category:1918 deaths

Category:People from Monroe County, New York

Category:Bankers from Brooklyn

Category:Politicians from Brooklyn

Category:People from Syracuse, New York

Category:Colgate University alumni

Category:American bank presidents

Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators

Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature