Philip B. Thompson, Jr.

Philip Burton Thompson Jr. ( * October 15, 1845 in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, † December 15, 1909 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1885 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Philip Thompson attended the common schools and then studied at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. During the Civil War he was a soldier in the army of the Confederacy. After a subsequent law degree in 1866 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Harrodsburg in this profession. Between 1867 and 1869 he was a legal representative of his hometown. Thereafter he served until 1878 as a prosecutor in the 13th Judicial District of Kentucky.

Thompson was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1878 he was in the eighth election district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Milton J. Durham on March 4, 1879. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1885 three legislative periods. Since 1883 he was chairman of the Committee to control expenditure of the War Department.

1884 renounced Thompson on another candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives. In July this year he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was nominated on the Grover Clevceland as a presidential candidate. He then moved to New York City, where he practiced law. Philip Thompson died on December 15, 1909 in Washington, and was buried in his native town of Harrodsburg.