John Thompson (politician, 1809)

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John Thompson (born July 4, 1809 in Rhinebeck , New York , † June 1, 1890 in New Hamburg , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1857 and 1859 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Thompson was born in Rhinebeck about three years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He graduated from Union College , Schenectady and later from Yale College . Thompson studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Poughkeepsie . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1856 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Killian Miller on March 4, 1857 . He retired from the after March 3, 1859 Congress of. Then he worked as a lawyer again. He died on June 1, 1890 in New Hamburg and was buried in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in Poughkeepsie.

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SURNAME Thompson, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Rhinebeck , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1890
Place of death New Hamburg , New York