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James Harold Thompson (born November 10, 1944) was an American politician in the state of Florida. Thompson was born in
Mobile, Alabama Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ...
. He moved to Florida in 1945 with his family, and later attended
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, earning a
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degree. He is an attorney. He served in the
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in the 10th district from November 5, 1974, to November 2, 1982, and the 8th district from November 2, 1982, to November 4, 1986. From 1985 to 1986, he was
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. In 1992, Gov. Lawton Chiles appointed Thompson to lead a committee reviewing the Growth Management Act.


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