Q:Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Jeremiah Northup - Jeremiah Northup (1816 April 10 1879) was a Canadian merchant shipowner and politician.Born in Falmouth Nova Scotia the son of John Northup and Agnes Harvey he had ownership of at least seven ships during his lifetime. In 1867 he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as an anti-confederate. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1870 representing the senatorial division of Halifax Nova Scotia. A Liberal he served until his death in 1879.
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Office Holder