Thomas Larkin Thompson

Thomas Larkin Thompson

Thomas Larkin Thompson (born May 31, 1838 in Charleston , Virginia , †  February 1, 1898 in Santa Rosa , California ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1889 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives . He was also the United States Ambassador to Brazil from 1893 to 1897 .

Career

Born in what is now West Virginia , Thomas Thompson was the son of Congressman Robert A. Thompson (1805–1876). He attended public schools in his home country and the Buffalo Academy . In 1855 he moved to Sonoma County , California, where he worked in the newspaper business. He founded the newspaper "Petaluma Journal" and acquired the paper "Sonoma Democrat" in 1860, which he published himself. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the years 1880 and 1892 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions . Between 1882 and 1886 he served as Secretary of State of California; in 1886, he turned down another candidacy for this office.

In the congressional election of 1886 , Thompson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of California , where he succeeded Barclay Henley on March 4, 1887 . Since he was not confirmed in 1888, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1889 . In 1893 he was state commissioner for California at the World's Columbian Exposition , the world's fair in Chicago .

Between 1893 and 1897, during the second presidency of Grover Cleveland , Thompson was the American envoy to Brazil. In this office he was both the predecessor and successor of Edwin H. Conger , who, among other diplomatic activities , had represented Indiana in Congress between 1885 and 1890 . Thomas Thompson died on February 1, 1898 in Santa Rosa, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Thomas Larkin Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Larkin Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)