Early Life and Political Career
William Judson Holloway was born on December 15, 1888, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Holloway’s father, a Baptist pastor, secured for his son a good education by sending him to Ouachita Baptist College (now Ouachita Baptist University) where Holloway would earn a teaching degree. After receiving his degree in 1910, Holloway traveled to Illinois to study at the University of Chicago. After completing his education, Holloway moved his family to Hugo, Oklahoma where he became the principal of a local high school.
While in Hugo, Holloway became to study law. Admitted to Cumberland School of Law in 1914, Holloway would earn a law degree and return to practice in Hugo. In 1916, running on the Democratic ticket, Holloway became the county attorney for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Serving in this post until 1920, Holloway would be elected to represent Choctaw County and the surrounding area in the Oklahoma Senate. While in the Oklahoma Senate, Holloway served as the President Pro Tempore.
Holloway had only served two years of his second term when he ran on the Democratic ticket for election of the Lieutenant Governor. At the time, the office was vacant following the succession of former Lt Governor Martin E. Trapp to the Governorship after Governor John C. Walton’s removal from office. His six years of Senatorial experience, and his reputation as a friend to teachers and education reform, earned Holloway the election and he become the third Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma.
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