| William Thomasson | |||||||
| Term Start: | March 4, 1843 | ||||||
| Term End: | March 3, 1847 | ||||||
| Birth Name: | William Poindexter Thomasson | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1797 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | New Castle, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||
| Death Place: | La Grange, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||
| Resting Place: | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||
| Children: | 4 | ||||||
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William Poindexter Thomasson (October 8, 1797 – December 29, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
William Poindexter Thommasson was born on October 8, 1797, in New Castle, Kentucky.[1] Thomasson completed preparatory studies. He served in Captain Duncan's company in the War of 1812.[1]
Thomasson studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Corydon, Indiana, before he was twenty-one years of age.[1]
Thomasson served as member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1818–1820. He served as prosecuting attorney of Corydon in 1818. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1841.[1] After moving to Louisville, he became city attorney and county attorney.[2]
Thomasson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and resumed the practice of law.[1]
During the Civil War, Thomasson served in the Union Army in the Seventy-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry.[1]
Thomasson married Charlotte Leonard of Floyd County, Indiana in 1825. They had four children: Nelson, John J., Saran and Laura.[2]
Thomasson died near La Grange, Kentucky on December 29, 1882. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.[1]