Jared Thompson Jr. (March 15, 1836 - October 22, 1914) was an

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who served one year as a

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member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 5th

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assembly district (the 5th Ward of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in 1865, succeeding J. C. U. Niedermann, of the

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. He was born in Vermont. At the time of his election he was 28 years old and had been in Wisconsin for 27 years. He was assigned to the standing committee on banks and banking.Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., eds. ''The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business: also, lists and tables for reference''
Fourth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1865; pp. 90, 92, 132. In 1866 he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Charles Orton.

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