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

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who served one year as a Democratic member of the

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from the 5th

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assembly district (the 5th

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of the city of

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) in 1865, succeeding J. C. U. Niedermann, of the National Union Party. He was born in

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. At the time of his election he was 28 years old and had been in Wisconsin for 27 years. He was assigned to the

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s and

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.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

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