Ronald L. Thompson

Ronald L. Thompson
Ronald L. Thompson
Member of the Pennsylvania Legislature; from the 15th district
	In office; 1955–1966
Member of the Pennsylvania Legislature; from the 12th district
	In office; 1941–1942; 1949–1955
Personal details
Born	August 19, 1899; Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Died	June 19, 1986 (aged 86); Clearwater, Florida
Political party	Republican
Military service
Branch/service	Army (WW1); Air Force (WW2);
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II;

Ronald L. Thompson (August 19, 1899 – June 19, 1986) was an American politician from Pennsylvania.^[1]

Biography

Ronald L. Thompson was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1899. He served in the United States Army during World War I and in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. While living in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Thompson, a Republican, served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1941 to 1942 and again from 1949 to 1966.^[2]^[1]^[3]

Personal life

Thompson married Elsie Calvert (April 5, 1899 – March 21, 2013) in 1921, and they remained married until his death 65 years later. Elsie Thompson would later become well known in her own right, as the second-oldest living American for three months (just shy of age 114) in early 2013.^[4] He died on June 19, 1986, in Clearwater, Florida, aged 86.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thompson, O to R". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ "House Members "T"". staffweb.wilkes.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "RONALD L. THOMPSON". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ Davis, Brittany Alana (2013-04-01). "Elsie Thompson, country's oldest person, dies in Clearwater". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

External links

Ronald L. Thompson at Find a Grave

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[auto-1] Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thompson, O to R". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[2] "House Members "T"". staffweb.wilkes.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[:0-3] "RONALD L. THOMPSON". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[4] Davis, Brittany Alana (2013-04-01). "Elsie Thompson, country's oldest person, dies in Clearwater". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

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