Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 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, he was appointed to the U.S. Senate, where he endorsed Lincoln’s re-election in 1864, but died soon afterwards.. }
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- Thomas_Holliday_Hicks abstract "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, he was appointed to the U.S. Senate, where he endorsed Lincoln’s re-election in 1864, but died soon afterwards.".