Philip B. Thompson

Philip B. Thompson

Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (born October 15, 1845 in Harrodsburg , Mercer County , Kentucky , †  December 15, 1909 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1885 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip Thompson attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Kentucky at Lexington . During the Civil War he was a soldier in the Confederation Army . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1866, he began to work in this profession in Harrodsburg. Between 1867 and 1869 he was the legal representative of his hometown. He then served as a prosecutor in the 13th judicial district of Kentucky until 1878.

Thompson was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1878 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Milton J. Durham on March 4, 1879 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1885 . From 1883 he was chairman of the War Department's Expenditure Control Committee.

In 1884, Thompson renounced another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. In July of that year he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Grover Clevceland was nominated as a presidential candidate. He then moved to New York City , where he practiced as a lawyer. Philip Thompson died on December 15, 1909 in Washington and was buried in his native Harrodsburg.

Web links

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• Philip B. Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Philip B. Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)