Chester C. Thompson

Chester Charles Thompson (born September 19, 1893 in Rock Island , Illinois , †  January 30, 1971 there ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Chester Thompson attended public schools in his home country. Between 1910 and 1932 he worked in the plastering trade. During the First World War he served as a corporal in the coastal artillery in 1918 and 1919. From 1922 to 1926 he was a chamberlain in Rock Island County ; from 1927 to 1933 he served as mayor of the city of Rock Island. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1930 to 1932 he was a member of their state board in Illinois.

In the 1932 congressional elections , Thompson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Republican John Clayton Allen on March 4, 1933 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . During his tenure in Congress, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Thompson was a believer in the President and these laws. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1938, Thompson was not re-elected. Between 1939 and 1944 he was President of Inland Waterways Corporation . He then served from 1944 to 1957 as President of American Waterways Operators Inc. From 1961 until his death, he was Chairman of the Rock Island County Jury. He died on January 30, 1971 in his hometown of Rock Island.

Web links

• Chester C. Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Chester C. Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)