Robert A. Thompson

Robert Augustine Thompson (born February 14, 1805 in Culpeper , Virginia , †  August 31, 1876 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Thompson attended a private school in Gallipolis ( Ohio ) and then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1826, he began to work in this profession in Charleston in what is now West Virginia . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1839 and 1846 he was a member of the Virginia Senate .

In the 1846 congressional election , Thompson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th  constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Joseph Johnson on March 4, 1847 . Since he refused to run again in 1848, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1849 . This was initially shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

In June 1852, Thompson was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Franklin Pierce was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the same year he was a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. In 1853 he moved to San Francisco, where he became a member of a commission for processing private land claims. In 1870 he became secretary of the Supreme Court of California . He was employed in the administration of this court until his death. Robert Thompson died in San Francisco on August 31, 1876. His son Thomas (1838–1898) was elected Congressman for California.

Web links

• Robert A. Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert A. Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)