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Rep. James Holland

Former Representative for North Carolina’s 11th District

Holland was the representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1807 to 1811.

He was previously the representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district as a Republican from 1805 to 1807; the representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district as a Republican from 1803 to 1805; the representative for North Carolina’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1801 to 1803; and the representative for North Carolina’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1795 to 1797.

Legislators who enslaved Black people

Holland was among more than 1,800 legislators who enslaved Black people. The Washington Post compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents. Holland was one of them.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1796 to Mar 1811, Holland missed 191 of 1,043 roll call votes, which is 18.3%. This is on par with the median of 19.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1811. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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