Cyrus Thompson
Cyrus Thompson (born February 8, 1855 , † November 20, 1930 ) was an American doctor and politician of the Populist Party and later the Republican Party .
Life
Cyrus Thompson was the sixth of nine children of Franklin Thompson and his wife Leah Brown Thompson. He worked as a doctor and was a representative of Onslow County from 1883 to 1885 first a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina and then between 1885 and 1887 member of the Senate . He was elected Secretary of State of North Carolina in 1897 for the Populist Party to succeed Charles M. Cooke . He held this office until his replacement by John Bryan Grimes in 1901. After the Populist Party had dissolved in 1908, he switched to the Republican Party and was a delegate for North Carolina in 1912 at the Republican National Convention (RNC), the Republican party convention.
His marriage to Florence Kent Thompson had eight children. After his death he was buried in Daniel Thompson Cemetery in Onslow County.
Web links
- Entry in The Political Graveyard
- Cyrus Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913 , p. 735 (online version)
- ^ A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913 , p. 441 (online version)
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| SURNAME | Thompson, Cyrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician (Populist Party, Republican Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1855 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1930 |