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.