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Thompson, Mother

founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, was the daughter of Governor Trimble of Ohio. She attended the first national temperance convention, which was held in the Independence hall in 1883. On her return home to Hillsboro, Ohio, she organized a small society of women and started a crusade against the saloons in the town. Her work soon spread over the country, and the movement became popular, and has since developed into the Woman's Christian Temperance union.

Thompson, Philip

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1823 to 1825.

Thompson, Philip B

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1845, in Harrodsburg, Ky. He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortysixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.

Thompson, Philip R

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1801 to 1807. He died July 22, 1837, in Virginia.

Thompson, Ralph S

journalist, author, lecturer, was born Dec. 19, 1847, in Albion, Ill. He is the editor and owner of The New Era, the organ of the national party. He is the author of Science in Farming, which has been used as a text-book in many agricultural colleges.

Thompson, Robert A

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849.

Thompson, Robert Ellis

journalist, educator, author, was born in 1844 in Ireland. He is a political economist of Philadelphia. He was editor of The Penn Monthly, 1870-80; professor in the university of Pennsylvania, 1870-92; and president of the Central High school from 1894. He is the author of History of the Presbyterian Churches in the United States; Elements of Political Economy; Social Science and National Economy; Hard Times and What to Learn from Them; Protection to Home Industry; and De Civitate Dei.

Thompson, Robert Harvey

lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 25, 1847, in Copiah county, Miss. He served as a confederate soldier in the civil war. During 1876-80 he was state senator in the Mississippi legislature; code commissioner in 1891-92; and trustee of the university of Mississippi in 1890-96.

Thompson, Seymour Dwight

lawyer, author, was born in 18-. He is a lawyer of St. Louis, and the author of On the Liability of Stockholders in Corporations; Charging the Jury; The Law of Carriers of Passengers; The Law of Negligence in Relations not resting in Contract; and Liabilities of Directors.

Thompson, Thomas L

publisher, journalist, congressman, was born May 31, 1838, in Charleston, Va. He has been for thirty-two years a printer, editor, and publisher, and in 1860 he purchased the Sonoma Democrat in Santa Rosa, Cal. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention at Cincinnati in 1880, and was elected secretary of state in 1882. He was elected to the fiftieth congress.

Thompson, Thomas W

congressman, United States senator, was born March 15, 1766, in Boston, Mass. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1805 to 1807; was state treasurer in 1809, and was a United States senator from 1814 to 1817. He died Oct. 1, 1821, in Concord.

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Thompson, Wiley

congressman, was born in Amelia county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1821 to 1833.