Thompson, Ernest Meredeth – Thompson, Mark
Thompson, Ernest Meredeth
lawyer, lecturer, was born July 25, 1854, in Crystal Lake, Ill. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar, and is now a prominent lawyer of Independence, Iowa. He has held high positions in religious, social and literary societies; is field secretary of The National Christian Citizenship league; and has attained prominence as a lecturer.
Thompson, Francis M
lawyer, legislator, antiquarian, was born Oct. 16, 1833, in Colerain, Mass. He received a thorough education in the common and select schools and at the Williston seminary. He is one of the foremost lawyers of New England at Greenfield, Mass., has been town clerk, town treasurer, assessor, selectman, and was a member of the first legislature of Montana. Since 1870 he has been register of probate of Franklin county, Mass. He has contributed extensively to current literature; is a noted antiquarian; and the author of valuable historical papers and addresses.
Thompson, George Washington
lawyer, congressman, author, was born May 14, 1806, in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He was United States district attorney for Virginia in 1849; was elected a representative in congress from that state in 1851 and 1852; left congress for the bench. He was the author of The Living Forces of the Universe, in 1866; Address on the Common Schools, 1841; Right of Virginia to the Northwest Territory; and Life of Linn Boyd. He died Feb. 24, 1888, in Wheeling, W. Va.
Thompson, Hedge
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey during the years 1827 and 1828. He died July 20, 1828, in Salem.
Thompson, Hugh Miller
bishop, author, was born June 5, 1830, in Ireland.
He is the second protestant episcopal bishop of Mississippi, and the author of Unity and Its Restoration; Copy, a collection of essays; Sin and Its Penalty; First Principles; The World and the Logos; The World and the Kingdom; The World and the Man; The World and the Wrestlers; and Absolution.
Thompson, Hugh S
soldier, educator, governor, was born Jan. 24, 1836, in Charleston, S. C. He served in the confederate army as an officer of the corps of cadets, and in 1865 was elected principal of the Columbia Male academy, which, under his charge, acquired a high reputation as a classical school. In 1876 he was elected state superintendent of education, and was re-elected in 1878 and 1880. In 1882 he was elected governor of South Carolina for the term of two years, and was re-elected in 1884.
Thompson, Jacob
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born May 15, 1810, in Caswell, N. C. He received his education at the university of Chapel Hill; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1834, and during the succeeding year removed to the state of Mississippi. He was elected to congress as a representative from Mississippi in 1839, and continued to serve in that capacity until 1851. He was appointed in 1857 secretary of the interior; that position he resigned in 1861, and, joining the rebellion, served as governor of Mississippi, and in the insurgent army. He died March 24, 1885, in Memphis, Tenn.
Thompson, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 1, 1806, in Middlesex, Pa. He was elected to the assembly of his native state in 1832, 1833, and 1834, presiding during the last session as speaker. He was a representative in congress from 1845 to 1851. In 1847 he was elected a judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania for fifteen years; and in 1866 was made chief justice. He died in 1879, in Petersburg, Va.
Thompson, James Franklin
journalist, legislator, was born May 29, 1844, in Union City, Pa. He attended Allegheny college and the Tafton Collegiate seminary. He taught school in Wisconsin and Iowa; was superintendent of schools of Clayton county during 1882-87; and principal of Elkader school in 1880. In 1881-85 he was clerk of courts; and in 1886-90 was a representative in the Iowa state legislature. He entered journalism in 1880 and in 1890 became editor and owner of The Daily Humboldt Standard of Eureka, Cal. Since 1894 he has been receiver of the United States land office, and is prominent in political affairs, and several fraternal orders.
Thompson, James K. P
soldier, lawyer, banker, was born Aug. 21, 1845, in Carey, Ohio. He served three years in the civil war, was in seven battles, and severely wounded at Vicksburg. He was the prime mover and one of the incorporators of the Vicksburg National bank. He is now a prominent lawyer of Rock Rapids, Iowa, and part owner of the Lyon County bank of that city. He has been trustee of the Iowa college; colonel in the Iowa state militia; commander department of Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic; and ranks high in several fraternal orders.
Thompson, Jerome
artist, was born Jan. 30, 1814, in Middleborough, Mass. He painted both landscapes and figures with success, his best-known works being Reminiscences of Mount Mansfield; The Old Oaken Bucket; Home, Sweet Home; and Woodman, Spare That Tree. He died May 1, 1886, in Glen Gardner, N. J.
Thompson, Joel
state legislator, congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York, from 1813 to 1815, having previously served one year in the state assembly from Albany, and two years from Chenango county.
Thompson, John
state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the New York assembly from Albany in 1788 and 1789, in 1827 from Delaware county, and in 1802 and 1841 from Dutchess county. He was a representative in congress from New York, from 1799 to 1801, and again from 1807 to 1811.
Thompson, John
lawyer, jurist. He was a citizen of the territory of Orleans.
In 1808 he was appointed United States judge for the territory of Orleans.
Thompson, John
political writer, was born in 1777. He was the author of articles signed Casca and Gracchus in the Petersburg Gazette, in which he attacked John Adams's administration, and also of letters signed Curtius, addressed to Chief-Justice John Marshall in 1798, which were issued in book-form. He died in 1799, in Petersburg, Va.
Thompson, John
lawyer, congressman, was born July 4, 1809, in Rhinebeck, N. Y. He was elected a representative in congress from New York to the thirty.. fifth congress.
Thompson, John Burton
congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 14, 1810, in Harrodsburg, Ky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1840 to 1843, and again from 1847 to 1851. In 1853 he was elected a senator in congress for the long term.
He died Jan. 7, 1874, in Harrodsburg, Ky.
Thompson, John Gilbert
educator, was born June 23, 1862, in New Bedford, Mass. In 1886 he graduated from Dartmouth college, and has since attained eminence as a successful educator. He has been superintendent of schools, and is now principal of the State Normal school of Fitchburg, Mass.
Thompson, John M
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 4, 1829, in Butler county, Pa. He served two terms as a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature, the last term as speaker. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortythird congress to fill a vacancy, and was elected to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.
Thompson, John Reuben
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Oct. 23, 1823, in Richmond, Va. He was a journalist and lawyer of Richmond, Va., editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in 1847- 59, and very popular in the south as a lyrist. He died April 30, 1873, in New York city.
Thompson, Jonathan
merchant, banker, was born Dec. 7, 1773, in Sagtikos Manor, L. I. He was collector of direct taxes and internal revenue for the state of New York during the war of 1812-15, and afterward, when that office was abolished, was appointed collector of customs of the port of New York, and served from 1820 to 1829. He died Dec. 30, 1846, in New York city.
Thompson, Joseph Parrish
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 7, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an eminent congregational clergyman of New York city, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in 1845-71, and from 1872 a resident in Berlin, Germany. He was the author of The Theology of Christ; Man in Genesis and Geology; Lectures to Young Men; Church and State in the United States; The United States as a Nation; Egypt Past and Present; The Workman:
His False Friends and His True Friends; Life of Christ; American Comments on European Questions; Christianity and Emancipation; and The Holy Comforter.
He died Sept. 20, 1879, in Berlin, Germany.
Thompson, Launt
sculptor, was born Feb. 8, 1833, in Ireland. He worked in Palmer's studio for nine years, producing several portrait-busts and ideal heads of some merit, and in 1858 removed to New York. His works are portrait-busts of William C. Bryant, in the Metropolitan museum, New York; James Gordon Bennett, the elder; Robert B. Minturn; Capt. Charles H. Marshall; Edwin Booth as Hamlet; Stephen H. Tyng; and Charles L.
Elliott and Samuel F. B. Morse.
Thompson, Lewis C
clergyman, was born Sept. 13, 1857, in Nelson, Ohio.
He has attained prominence as an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and now fills a pastorate in Hyattville, Wyo.
Thompson, Lewis O
clergyman, author, was born March 13, 1839, in Norway. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Peoria, Ill., and the author of The Presidents and their Administrations; Nothing Lost; How to Conduct Prayer Meetings; The Prayer Meeting and its Improvement; and Nineteen Christian Centuries in Outline.
He died July 16, 1887, in Henry, Ill.
Thompson, Mark
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1795 to 1799.