Charles J. Thompson

Charles J. Thompson

Charles James Thompson (born January 24, 1862 in Wapakoneta , Ohio , †  March 27, 1932 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1931 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Thompson attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware . Between 1876 and 1879 he completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He then worked as a printer's journeyman in various cities in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois until 1884 . In 1885 he returned to Wapakoneta, where he worked as an accountant until 1889. That year Thompson moved to Defiance, where he edited the Defiance Express newspaper . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1893 and 1894 he was a member of the state executive committee of his party. From 1898 to 1915 he was a postman in Defiance; in 1915 he ran there unsuccessfully for the office of mayor.

In the 1918 congressional election , Thompson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Democrat John S. Snook on March 4, 1919 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Since 1929 the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Great Depression.

In 1930, Charles Thompson was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew into retirement. He died on March 27, 1932 while visiting New Mexico and was buried in Defiance.

Web links

• Charles J. Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles J. Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)