Thomas Larkin Thompson

Thomas Larkin Thompson ( born May 31, 1838 in Charleston, Virginia; † February 1, 1898 in Santa Rosa, California ) was an American politician. Between 1887 and 1889 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also a 1893-1897 United States Ambassador to Brazil.

Career

Born in what is now West Virginia Thomas Thompson was the son of Congressman Robert A. Thompson ( 1805-1876 ). He attended the common schools and the Buffalo Academy. In 1855 he moved to Sonoma County in California, where he was engaged in the newspaper business. He founded the newspaper " Petaluma Journal" and acquired in 1860, this sheet " Sonoma Democrat ," which he published himself. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1880 and 1892, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. Between 1882 and 1886 he served as Secretary of State of California; in 1886 he declined a further nomination for this office.

In the congressional elections of 1886, Thompson was the first electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Barclay Henley on March 4, 1887. Since he has not been confirmed in 1888, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1889. In 1893 he was State Representative for California at the World's Columbian Exposition, the Chicago World's Fair.

Between 1893 and 1897, during the second presidency of Grover Cleveland, was Thompson American ambassador in Brazil. In this office he was both predecessor and successor of Edwin H. Conger, who represented, among other diplomatic activities between 1885 and 1890 the State of Indiana in Congress. Thomas Thompson died on February 1, 1898 in Santa Rosa, where he was also buried.