John Thompson | |
Office1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1809 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1811 |
Predecessor1: | Peter Sailly |
Successor1: | Benjamin Pond |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1807 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1809 |
Predecessor2: | Peter Sailly |
Successor2: | Thomas R. Gold |
Term Start3: | March 4, 1799 |
Term End3: | March 3, 1801 |
Predecessor3: | John Evert Van Alen |
Successor3: | David Thomas |
Office4: | Member of the New York State Assembly from Albany County |
Term Start4: | January 1, 1788 |
Term End4: | December 31, 1789 |
Alongside4: | John Duncan, John Lansing Jr., Cornelius Van Dyck, Henry K. Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, John Younglove |
Predecessor4: | Leonard Gansevoort, James Gordon, Thomas Sickles, John De Peyster Ten Eyck, Dirck Van Ingen, Hezekiah Van Orden, John Younglove |
Successor4: | Leonard Bronck, James Gordon, Richard Sill, Henry K. Van Rensselaer, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Cornelius Van Veghten, John Younglove |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1749 |
Birth Place: | Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America |
Death Place: | Stillwater, New York, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Stillwater, New York, U.S. |
Spouse: | Frances "Fanney" McFarlane |
Children: | 6 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
John Thompson (March 20, 1749September 30, 1823) was a United States representative from New York.
Thompson was born in Litchfield in the Connecticut Colony on March 20, 1749. He attended the common schools, and at the age of fourteen moved with his parents to Stillwater, where he became a farmer. Thompson served in the American Revolution as a captain, and commanded a company of the 13th Regiment of Albany County Militia, including participation in the Battles of Saratoga.[1] He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1788 and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1788 and 1789.
Thompson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 6th Congress, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1801. In 1791 Governor George Clinton appointed him first judge of Saratoga County, and he served until 1809.
Thompson was again elected to Congress in 1806, and he served in the 10th and 11th Congresses, March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1811.
He died in Stillwater on September 30, 1823, and was interred at Yellow Meeting House Cemetery in Stillwater.