John Thompson (July 4, 1809 – June 1, 1890) was a
U.S. Representative
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from New York. Thompson was Born in
Rhinebeck, New York
Rhinebeck is a village (New York), village in the Rhinebeck (town), New York, town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,657 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie, New York, Poughkeepsie– ...
. he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Poughkeepsie, New York. Thompson gra He was elected as a
Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He did not run for reelection in 1858, and resumed the practice of law.
Thompson was one of the first trustees of
Vassar College, and served from 1861 to 1885. He was also president of the Falkill National Bank. He received
honorary
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* Honorary Academy Award, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, United States
* Honorary Aryan, a status in Nazi Germany ...
Master of Arts degrees from
Union College in
Schenectady, New York and
Yale College.
[New York State Bar Association]
''Annual Meeting Proceedings: Death notice, John Thompson''
Volume 14, 1891, page 118
He died in
New Hamburg, New York on June 1, 1890. He was interred in
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
The Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery is a rural cemetery located in Poughkeepsie, New York and includes the gravesites of several notable figures. It also has a crematory. The forty-four acres of land used for the cemetery were purchased by Matthew Vass ...
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1809 births
1890 deaths
Union College (New York) alumni
Yale University alumni
New York (state) lawyers
Burials at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century New York (state) politicians