Alexander Richmond Holladay (September 18, 1811 – January 29, 1877) was a 19th century politician and lawyer from Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

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Born on the Prospect Hill plantation, Belmont, in Spotsylvania County

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 90,395 people, 31,308 households, and 24,639 families residing in the county. The population density was 226 people per square mile . There were 33,329 housing units at an average density of 83 per square mile...

 (now in Mineral, Virginia

Mineral, Virginia

Mineral is a town in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population was 424 at the 2000 census.-History:Mineral was originally known as Tolersville, but adopted its current name when it incorporated in 1902 due to the mining industry that supported the community...

), Holladay was the son of Waller Holladay (1776–1860). He had a twin brother, Henry Addison Holladay, and they also had other brothers, Lewis Littlepage Holladay (born 1803), Albert Lewis Holladay (1805–1856), John Zachary Holladay (1806–1842) and Waller Lewis Holladay (1809–1873).