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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 398-399



ELDRIDGE V. HOLLAND.

	Unlike the usual tendency of the times to specialize, Eldridge V. 
Holland has continued in the general practice of law, never 
concentrating his efforts along a single legal line, and has won 
notable success in many departments of jurisprudence owing to his 
thorough preparation of his cases and his ability to accurately apply 
the principles of law to the points in litigation. A native of Kansas, 
he was born in Jefferson county on the 10th of November, 1880. His 
father, Robert Eldridge Holland, was born in Virginia and was a 
descendant of one of the old families of that state, of Irish lineage. 
The family was founded in America by three brothers, who came to the 
new world prior to the Revolutionary war. One branch of the family was 
established in Virginia, where through successive generations the 
ancestors of Eldridge V. Holland lived. His father was a successful 
farmer, who removing from Virginia, became one of the early settlers of 
Jefferson county, Kansas, where he resided until 1883. He then became a 
resident of Buchanan county, Missouri, where he continued to make his 
home until his death, which occurred in 1903, when he had reached the 
age of sixty-four years. During the Civil war he responded to the call 
of the south and served as a private in the Confederate army. He 
married Martha Louisa Chestnut, a native of Kentucky, who belonged to 
one of the old families of that state, of Scotch descent. Mrs. Holland 
is still living at the old home in Missouri. She had a family of four 
sons: William R., who is engaged in the grain and elevator business at 
Claremore, Oklahoma; James O., a resident farmer of Edgerton, Missouri; 
Eldridge V.; and Robert C., a hardware merchant at Agency, Missouri.

	Eldridge V. Holland pursued his education in the public schools 
of Buchanan county, Missouri, and in the William Jewell College at 
Liberty, Missouri, while later, in preparation for a professional 
career, he entered the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor as a law 
student, there remaining through 1902, 1903 and 1904. He entered upon 
the practice of his chosen profession in St. Joseph, Missouri, being 
admitted to practice in all of the courts of that state in 1905. He 
continued a representative of the bar there for six years and then 
removed to Denver, where he arrived in the tall of 1911. Soon afterward 
he entered upon general practice, in which he has since continued. His 
success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his 
capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury and 
concise in his appeals before the court. His pleas have been 
characterized by a terse and decisive logic and a lucid presentation 
rather than by flights of oratory, and his power is the greater before 
court or jury from the fact that it is recognized that his aim is ever 
to secure justice and not to enshroud the cause in a sentimental garb 
or illusion which will thwart the principles of right and equity 
involved.

	On the 9th of October, 1907, in St. Joseph, Missouri, Mr. Holland 
was united in marriage to Miss Kate Van Brunt, a native of Nebraska and 
a daughter of John and Rexville (Hawley) Van Brunt, who were pioneer 
settlers of Nebraska, the former now deceased.

	 In politics Mr. Holland is a democrat where national questions 
and issues are involved. He was elected on a nonpartisan ticket to the 
city council from District No. 1 on the 15th of May, 1917, and at the 
present writing, in the spring of 1918, is a candidate for congress 
from the Denver district. He has considerable influence in political 
affairs, doing much to shape the policy of the party in the section in 
which he lives. He is a man of growing powers and developing ability 
and the wisdom of his judgment on public questions is widely 
recognized. Mr. Holland is a member of Sigma Nu, a Greek letter 
fraternity, and at Gower, Missouri, was made a Mason. He has taken the 
degrees of the Scottish Rite and belongs to the Mystic Shrine and is a 
worthy exemplar of the teachings of the craft. He is yet a 
comparatively young man and, viewed in the light of past 
accomplishments, his future will be well worth the watching.