Late Life and Legacy
After leaving office, Holloway would move to Oklahoma City where he would practice law until his death on January 28, 1970 at the age of 81. He would be buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Holloway is, as of 2006, one of the only two Lt Governors, the other being Martin E. Trapp, in state history to ever succeed to the Governorship following a vacancy in the office.
Holloway’s son, William Judson Holloway Jr., is currently a senior United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
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