Robert A. Thompson

Robert Augustine Thompson ( born February 14, 1805 in Culpeper, Virginia; † August 31, 1876 in San Francisco, California ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Thompson visited Gallipolis (Ohio ) a private school and then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. After studying law and his 1826 was admitted as a lawyer, he started in today's Charleston West Virginia to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1839 and 1846 he was a member of the Senate of Virginia.

In the congressional elections of 1846 Thompson was in the 14th electoral district of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Johnson on March 4, 1847. Since he resigned in 1848 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1849. This was initially shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War.

In June 1852, Thompson delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, was nominated on the Franklin Pierce as a presidential candidate. In the same year he was a member of the governing body ( Board of Visitors ) of the University of Virginia. In 1853 he moved to San Francisco and became a member of a commission for the processing of private land claims. In 1870 he became clerk of the Supreme Court of California. Until his death he was employed by this Court in the administration. Robert Thompson died on August 31, 1876 in San Francisco. His son Thomas (1838-1898) was a congressman for California.