District: | 15th |
State Legislature: | Pennsylvania |
Term: | 1955–1966 |
Party: | Republican |
District1: | 12th |
State Legislature1: | Pennsylvania |
Term1: | 1941–1942; 1949–1955 |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1899 |
Birth Place: | Shamokin, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Clearwater, Florida, U.S. |
Ronald L. Thompson (August 19, 1899 - June 19, 1986) was an American politician from Pennsylvania.[1]
Ronald L. Thompson was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1899. He served in the United States Army during World War I and in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. While living in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Thompson, a Republican, served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1941 to 1942 and again from 1949 to 1966.[2] [1] [3]
Thompson married Elsie Calvert in 1921, and they remained married until his death 65 years later. Elsie Thompson would later become well known in her own right, as the second-oldest living American for three months in early 2013.[4] He died on June 19, 1986, in Clearwater, Florida, aged 86.