John W. Holtzman was the 20th mayor of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. Holtzman first came to Indianapolis in 1883 to read law

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1885. Holtzman, a Democrat

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, first ran for mayor in 1903 when he defeated Republican

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 incumbent Charles A. Bookwalter. During the 1905 campaign, the two political rivals met again but Bookwalter prevailed and obtained a second term.

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