William Howard Thompson

William Howard Thompson

William Howard Thompson (born October 14, 1871 in Crawfordsville , Indiana , †  February 9, 1928 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Kansas in the US Senate .

Indiana-born William Thompson moved with his parents to Nemaha County , Kansas, in 1880 , where he attended public schools and graduated from Seneca Normal School in 1886 . He graduated from Lawrence Business College in 1891 . From 1891 to 1894 he worked as a court stenographer in the 22nd Judicial District of Kansas; He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1894, after which he began to practice in Seneca. He also served as a clerk at the Kansas Court of Appeals in Topeka , the state's highest appeals court.

In 1901, Thompson moved to Iola , Allen County , where he continued to practice law. He was also a district attorney in that county before moving to Garden City , Finney County in 1905. Between 1906 and 1913 he served as a judge for the 32nd Judicial District of Kansas. After he was elected to the US Senate in 1912, he resigned from his judicial office. He entered Congress on March 4, 1913, and remained there after unsuccessful re-election until March 3, 1919. During this time, he chaired several Senate committees, including the Committee for the Monitoring of Expenditures in the US Department of Commerce .

After leaving the Senate, Thompson first settled as a lawyer in Kansas City . From 1923 he lived in Tulsa . He left Oklahoma in 1927 and returned to the federal capital Washington, where he again worked as a lawyer. William Thompson died on February 9, 1928 and was first buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Washington. In May of the same year he was reburied in Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka.

Web links

• William Howard Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Howard Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)