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Revision as of 17:11, 26 September 2009

Robert J. Thompson
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 19th district
In office
December 4, 1995 – January 28, 2006
Preceded byEarl Baker
Succeeded byAndy Dinniman
Member of the Chester County
Board of Commissioners
In office
January 2, 1979 – January 2, 1986
Personal details
BornWest Chester, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 28, 2006
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNancy B.
Children3 children
ResidenceWest Goshen Township, Pennsylvania
Alma materPenn State University
Occupationjournalist

Robert J. Thompson was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.

A native of West Chester, Pennsylvania, Thompson earned a degree in journalism from Penn State University in 1959.[1] He then worked as a photographer for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, published in-house magazines for Electric Hose & Rubber Corp. in Wilmington and Lukens Steel Company, and Fidelity Bank.[2] He was the founding director of the Chester County Chamber of Commerce.[2] In 1970, he was elected to the West Goshen Township Board of Supervisors.[1] In 1979, he was elected to the Chester County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners, a position he held until 1986.[1]

He was first elected to represent the 19th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania Senate in a special election in 1995.[3][4] He was elected Majority Appropriations Chairman in 2001.[3] In 2003, The Pennsylvania Report named him to the "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics.[5]

He died on January 28, 2006 from pulmonary fibrosis at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bio". Official Pennsylvania Republican Caucus Biography. Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus. Archived from the original on 2005-09-09.
  2. ^ a b c Downey, Sally A. (January 31, 2006). "State Sen. Robert Thompson; had long public service career". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  3. ^ a b "Robert J. Thompson (R)". Official Pennsylvania Senate Profile. Pennsylvania Senate. Archived from the original on 2006-02-11.
  4. ^ "SESSION OF 1995 - 179TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 67" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. December 4, 1995.
  5. ^ "The PA Report "Power 75" List" (PDF). Pennsylvania Report. Capital Growth, Inc. January 31, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-02. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2006-09-20 suggested (help)