Joseph B. Thompson Explained

Joseph Bryan Thompson
Image Name:Joseph Bryan Thompson.jpg
State1:Oklahoma
Constituency1:At-large (Seat B) (1913–1915)
5th district (1915–1919)
Party:Democratic Party
Term Start1:March 3, 1913
Term End1:September 18, 1919
Preceded1:District created
Succeeded1:John W. Harreld
Office3:Member of the Oklahoma Senate
Term3:1910-1914
Birth Date:29 April 1871
Birth Place:Sherman, Texas
Death Place:Martinsburg, West Virginia
Spouse:Mary Miller Thompson
Children:James Miller ThompsonJoseph B. Thompson, Jr.
Alma Mater:Savoy College

Joseph Bryan Thompson (April 29, 1871 – September 18, 1919) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Biography

Born near Sherman, Texas, Thompson attended the public schools, and was graduated from Savoy College in Fannin County, Texas, in 1890. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Purcell, Indian Territory. He moved to Ardmore, Indian Territory. Thompson married Mary Miller, and they raised two sons, James Miller Thompson and Joseph B. Thompson, Jr.[1]

Career

Appointed commissioner for the United States court in 1893, Thompson returned to Purcell, Indian Territory. He resigned in 1897 and moved to Pauls Valley and resumed the practice of law. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900, 1904, and 1908, and as member of the Democratic Territorial committee from 1896 to 1904. He was chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1906 and 1908, and served in the State senate from 1910 to 1914.[2]

Thompson was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.[3]

Death

On September 18, 1919, Thompson died of heart failure induced by Bright's disease while on a train near Martinsburg, West Virginia en route to his home at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joseph Bryan Thompson. Oklahoma Historical Society. 25 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013210/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TH014.html. 5 October 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Joseph Bryan Thompson. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 25 May 2013.
  3. Web site: Joseph Bryan Thompson. Govtrack US Congress. 25 May 2013.
  4. Web site: Joseph Bryan Thompson. The Political Graveyard. 25 May 2013.