Thompson, Waddy
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 8, 1798, in Pickensville, S. C. He served in the legislature of his native state, and was at one time solicitor for the western circuit of South Carolina. He was chosen a presidential elector; attained the military title of brigadier-general, and in 1842 was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Mexico, about which country he published an interesting work. He was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1841. He died Nov. 23, 1868, in Tallahassee, Fla.