John McCandless Thompson
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John McCandless Thompson (January 4, 1829 – September 3, 1903) was a
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
Thompson (brother of
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860, and served one year as speaker. He entered the Union Army during the American Civil War and served as major and subsequently as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention
.
Thompson was elected as a Republican to the
1878
. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Butler in 1903. Interment in Butler Cemetery.
External links
- United States Congress. "John McCandless Thompson (id: T000209)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- John McCandless Thompson at Find a Grave, retrieved on February 15, 2008
- The Political Graveyard
- US Congressional Serial Set, 1913
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