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Arnold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnoldus-arzeno.html#327.78.73">James Wilson Arrowsmith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#082.49.32">William Thompson Bagley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#005.67.43">Jacob Nathaniel Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker5.html#305.71.38">Jacob Thompson Baker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#077.25.99">Henry Ballard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#194.90.85">Frank Houston Bassett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#166.11.70">Frank Houston Bassett Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#245.90.43">Katherine Thompson Becker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#241.81.50">William Worth Belknap</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benedict.html#042.76.72">Willis E. Benedict</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benedum-benito.html#503.01.56">Teresa Benitez-Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett6.html#257.49.67">Leslie Thompson Bennett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#913.73.75">Thomas Bibb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#346.60.72">Thompson P. Bicknell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boarman-bodziak.html#968.96.46">Alexander John Boarman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowne-boyce.html#304.55.55">Naomi Bowsher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#619.08.60">Thompson Bradshaw</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#204.33.38">James Breathitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#562.28.95">James Breathitt Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#485.47.21">Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#242.16.83">Elisha Hume Brewster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#529.57.61">Charles Guy Briggle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#320.59.75">James D. Brooker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#683.45.87">Charles Hillman Brough</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#304.94.80">James Henry Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#096.47.55">John Thompson Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#698.31.82">David Ezekiel Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#637.44.53">Randolph Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#916.71.98">Richard Thompson Buckler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckrop-buel.html#643.15.68">Alexander Woodruff Buel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bully-bunker.html#470.83.35">William Edgar Bundy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#531.23.20">James Nelson Burnes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#323.93.04">James MacGregor Burns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burts-busey.html#157.39.82">Samuel Thompson Busey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#881.31.43">John Kenneth Caldwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell8.html#577.29.12">Thompson Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#140.30.82">Leverett R. Chaddock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#421.59.27">Linda Chavez-Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#713.47.45">Linda Chavez-Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colebank-coleman.html#015.91.06">Thompson Coleman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#846.02.25">Frederick Preston Cone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#481.28.56">Mabel Thompson Cooper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#011.74.63">William Owen Cowger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cross.html#277.90.26">Burton Melvin Cross</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#874.86.83">William Herman Cuddeback</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#999.89.44">Robert Thompson Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#235.44.74">John Wesley Dobbs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#095.44.43">John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#932.85.97">Eli Elmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans6.html#719.22.26">May Thompson Evans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#741.49.53">Edward Thompson Eversole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#659.93.90">Edward Thompson Eversole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#502.93.43">Thompson M. Ewing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fairchild.html#134.29.39">Sidney Thompson Fairchild</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#974.21.35">John Abbot Fancher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#320.11.57">John Thomas Fancher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farley.html#870.41.13">James Thompson Farley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fenton.html#063.71.93">William Matthew Fenton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferguson.html#463.41.47">Thompson Benton Ferguson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#886.91.74">Thompson B. Flournoy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#070.80.82">John F. Forward Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#320.77.11">Absolom Thompson Franklin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#260.79.69">Carlos French</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#045.81.76">Raymond Thompson French</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#977.76.15">Alonzo Thompson Frisbee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frothingham-frusher.html#258.65.40">Richard Frothingham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#663.45.50">Isaac Kauffman Funk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#863.65.20">Samuel Russell Gerry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#828.98.95">Ann Gerry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#673.73.29">Godfried Ernest Gettel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#648.45.02">Luther Harvey Ghiz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilbert.html#945.20.95">Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#814.47.35">Peyton Gordon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#559.00.84">Samuel Levis Gracey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#315.80.27">Spencer Pettis Gracey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#096.64.38">Wilbur Tirrell Gracey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#787.33.79">Thompson S. Grant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#104.02.88">G. Thompson Gridley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#363.36.85">Frank Edward Guernsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrington-harrion.html#089.46.62">Emerson Columbus Harrington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#941.65.49">Frank S. Hart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#058.27.07">Parker Thompson Hart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#522.03.16">Israel Thompson Hatch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hays.html#341.16.40">William Thompson Hays</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hedrick.html#798.06.91">Erland Harold Hedrick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#982.85.62">Milton C. Heidelbaugh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#912.56.03">William Wharton Heidelbaugh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#227.53.36">Guy Vernor Henry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill2.html#884.12.71">David Jayne Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#064.44.14">Arthur K. Hillpot</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodgkins-hoffer.html#606.58.00">Joseph Stanislaus Hoff</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoffman.html#786.13.97">John Thompson Hoffman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#963.94.90">Thompson Archibald Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones1.html#984.82.38">Alfred Hanby Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judd.html#692.39.47">Frederick A. Judd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#556.61.16">Andrew Thompson Judson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#912.22.71">Casey Kasem</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#807.01.09">William Thompson Lambert Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#945.14.11">William Purnell Lambertson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#507.85.37">Moroni O. Litz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#808.18.91">James Anderson Long</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#993.72.68">Chester Trent Lott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/luce.html#434.72.17">Cyrus Gray Luce</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#032.10.86">Archibald Thompson MacIntyre</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#121.23.21">James Thompson Maffett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#168.64.16">Beriah Magoffin Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#206.67.18">Orson Leroy Manchester</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masone-masten.html#715.95.32">David Meade Massie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#604.55.22">Harold Schuyler Mathews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#070.85.76">James Thompson McCleary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclellan.html#627.49.96">Thompson McClellan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeague-mckechnie.html#032.00.15">Ann McKay-Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeegan-mckenty.html#406.29.47">Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#082.57.38">Thompson McLean</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#238.17.68">Thompson Ware McNeely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mead.html#800.82.69">Thompson Mead</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#900.13.20">Dick Thompson Morgan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muncell-murdoch.html#393.08.10">Thompson Henry Murch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#485.83.11">Otto Christian Neuman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#577.76.51">Archibald Campbell Niven</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#905.58.33">John Thompson Nixon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#616.93.10">William Thompson Nuckolls</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#371.96.46">Arthur E. Pascoe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#447.95.50">William Lorenzo Patterson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#907.15.24">John Grove Payne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#919.19.71">Rufus Thompson Peck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennington.html#529.91.83">Yates Pennington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#751.96.42">John Joseph Pershing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#702.06.42">John Thompson Peters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#099.62.89">J. Thompson Pettigrew</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pettitt-pezzulo.html#831.01.60">Craven Thompson Peyton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#975.87.34">Thomas Collier Platt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#120.99.26">Robert H. Plymale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#303.45.02">Thompson Pound</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#690.58.99">William Thompson Price</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#401.72.61">Margaret Thompson Quackenbush</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramsay-randal.html#554.80.32">John Rathbone Ramsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#704.32.63">Edward Hughes Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#643.21.37">Byron Benedum Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#723.51.91">George Read II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reesor-reeve.html#869.86.24">Tapping Reeve</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reid.html#108.23.12">Charlotte Thompson Reid</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts7.html#090.71.20">Ross Thompson Roberts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson4.html#001.59.69">Helen Ring Robinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#159.03.37">Milton Andrew Romjue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#914.01.42">Thompson T. Rowe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanger-sargeant.html#088.67.67">John Rendle Santo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#096.37.78">Timothy Thompson Sawyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#585.48.34">Hazel Schermerhorn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#528.30.43">Frank G. Schlosser</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#767.51.46">Thompson M. Scoon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#484.58.23">William Thompson Scott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#995.42.13">Robert Thompson Secrest</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#359.34.72">Gilbert T. Seelye</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#726.74.13">Campbell Thompson Settle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldon.html#167.44.13">Margaret Thompson Sheldon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#918.79.27">Thompson Sinclair</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#198.60.41">Henry Kendall Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starret-stearnes.html#803.70.77">Henry Bascom Steagall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens7.html#529.44.35">Raymond Bartlett Stevens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#812.34.09">Jonathan Stratton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#075.45.31">Solomon D. Sutherland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#360.90.57">Jacob Livingston Sutherland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swanee-swann.html#449.16.80">George Thompson Swank</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/theaker-thom.html#710.04.59">Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomson.html#406.85.84">Jacqueline Thompson-Echavarria</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomson.html#975.07.86">Katherine Thompson-Garcia</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomson.html#467.58.72">Linda J. Thompson-Lance</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomson.html#862.77.11">Emma Thompson-Warren</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomson.html#940.27.06">Oscar E. Thomson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#274.52.11">Samuel Everett Thornburg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#504.47.00">Enos Thompson Throop</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#728.30.78">George Bliss Throop</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#654.22.70">John S. Tyler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#311.07.35">Robert Thompson Van Horn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#303.45.08">Edward Thompson Wailes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#116.15.57">Henry Sanford Walbridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#530.55.11">John W. Walker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watson2.html#053.32.81">David Thompson Watson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webber.html#658.21.40">Thompson R. Webber</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#053.92.25">Thompson Dimock Weeks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#255.48.33">Jacob Aaron Westervelt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white8.html#327.66.92">Thompson White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#024.51.74">Rollin Simmons Woodruff</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyatt.html#971.37.47">John Thompson Wyatt</a></td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</span></td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <br clear="all"> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a></b> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson0.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson0.html</a>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Copyright notices:</b> (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. 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