John McCandless Thompson
John McCandless Thompson (January 4, 1829 – September 3, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Thompson (brother of William George Thompson) was born near Butler, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Witherspoon Institute. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854 and began practice in Butler. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860, and served one year as speaker. He entered the Union Army during the American Civil War and served as major and subsequently as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention.
Thompson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ebenezer McJunkin. He elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Butler in 1903. Interment in Butler Cemetery.
External links
- United States Congress. "John McCandless Thompson (id: T000209)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- John McCandless Thompson at Find a Grave, retrieved on February 15, 2008
- The Political Graveyard
- US Congressional Serial Set, 1913
- 1829 births
- 1903 deaths
- Union Army officers
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs