[1] In 1835, he was elected as a Jacksonian Representative from Georgia to the 24th United States Congress to serve the remainder of the term left vacant when James C. Terrell resigned due to poor health.

[4] In his editorials, Holsey "advocated the Missouri Compromise, the annexation of Texas and the strict enforcement of the fugitive slave law.

Ms.Young (who lived along the Tugalo River which gave a name to the event) was brought before mayor Cincinnatus Peoples, and sentenced to two years in prison for assault with the intent to murder.

[4] Soon afterward, Holsey, as an outspoken proponent of unionism, and attempting to capitalize on his recent brush with death, was compelled to run (unsuccessfully) for the 33rd United States Congress as a unionist Democrat, on what was called the "Tugalo Ticket" "against the disunion wing and the Whigs".

[4] Within a year after his defeat, Holsey sold the newspaper and began practicing law again, in Butler, Georgia, with his brother-in-law, Col. Daniel W.