James M. Thomson (Virginia politician)
James M. Thomson | |
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9th Virginia Commissioner of Insurance | |
In office December 1, 1981 – December 31, 1986 | |
Preceded by | James W. Newman Jr. |
Succeeded by | Steven T. Foster |
Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office January 10, 1968 – January 11, 1978 | |
Preceded by | John Warren Cooke |
Succeeded by | A. L. Philpott |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 5th district | |
In office January 1955 – January 11, 1978 | |
Preceded by | Armistead L. Boothe |
Succeeded by | Gary Myers |
Personal details | |
Born | James McIlhany Thomson August 9, 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | July 24, 2001 Berryville, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 76)
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (brother-in-law) |
Alma mater | Virginia Military Institute (B.A.) University of Virginia (LL.B.) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 1943–1946 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
James McIlhany Thomson (August 9, 1924 – July 24, 2001) was a member of the
Early life and education
Thomson was born in
Political career
Thomson was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1955 from Alexandria to succeed
Although a lawyer, Thomson believed that segregated schools could be restored, even after the decisions of the
With his segregationist position, Thomson handily won his next primary election in July 1959,
After leaving electoral office, Thomson was appointed Virginia's insurance commissioner.[3]
Death
Thomson died on July 24, 2001, in Berryville, Virginia, and is interred at the Thomson family plot in the Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia, with his parents, brothers and two aunts. His sister Gretchen Thomson Byrd, who had married Harry F. Byrd Jr., is buried in the Byrd family plot in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia, between Berryville and Charles Town.
References
- University Press of Virginia1996) p. 236
- ^ Virginia House of Delegates website
- ^ a b "Television News of the Civil Rights Era : Film & Summaries". www2.vcdh.virginia.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Robert A. Pratt, The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond Virginia 1954-89 (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992) at pp. 8-9
- ^ James R. Sweeney, Race, Reason and Massive Resistance: the diary of David J. Mays (University of Georgia Press, 2008) p. 176
- ^ "Text Document Viewer". www.crossroadstofreedom.org. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Richmond Style Weekly, July 15, 2009 p. 14
- ^ 359 U.S. 3444 (1959). Christopher A. Anzalone, Supreme Court Cases on Political Representation, 1787-2001 (New York and London, M.E. Sharpe 2002) p.653
- ^ Charles E. Fager (ed.), A Man Who Made a Difference: The Life of David H. Scull. (McLean, Va.: Langley Hill Friends Meeting, 1985)
- ^ Sweeney p. 197