William Henry Thompson

William Henry Thompson ( born December 14, 1853 in Perrysville, Ohio; † June 6, 1937 in Grand Iceland, Nebraska ) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party), who on 24 May 1933 to November 6, 1934 U.S. Senator for the State of Nebraska was.

Early years

Born and raised in Perryville, William Henry Thompson moved at the age of eleven years with his parents to Fayette County, Iowa. He attended from 1872 to 1875, the Upper Iowa University in Fayette and graduated in 1877 his study of law at the Law Faculty of the University of Iowa successfully. In the same year, he was admitted as a lawyer and began to work, which is known under the name of Arlington today in Bush Creek. In 1881 he moved to Grand Iceland, where he worked as a lawyer also got in addition to his work in the banking business.

Political rise

1887 and 1888 came Thompson as city attorney of the city of Grand Iceland in touch with politics. After an unsuccessful candidacy for the 52nd Congress of the United States in 1890, he succeeded in 1895 to assume the office of the mayor of Grand Iceland for three years.

From 1896 to 1900 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee. This later succeeded him back in from 1920 to 1924. 1902 Thompson ran for the governorship, but he had to admit defeat John Mickey. In the following years he was a member of the committee that took care of the construction of the new Nebraska State Capitol. Between 1924 and 1931 he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Nebraska.

After the death of U.S. Senator Robert Beecher Howell on March 11, 1933 Thompson was appointed by then- Governor Charles Wayland Bryan as his successor. It was only on November 6, 1934, he was succeeded by Richard C. Hunter.

Death

After his tenure as Senator Thompson withdrew from public life and died on 6 June 1937 at the age of 83 in Grand Iceland.