Philip Thompson (August 20, 1789 – November 25, 1836) was a member of the

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from

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

. Born in Mercer County, near

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, Thompson received a limited education. He served as a lieutenant in the War of 1812 with 10th Company of the Barbour's Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Militia.Quisenberry, A. C
"Kentucky Troops in the War of 1812"
source: ''Register of Kentucky Historical Society'', volume 10, number 30, September 1912, pages 61-62. He held several local offices and practiced law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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County, Kentucky. He moved to

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. He served as member of the State house of representatives. Thompson was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825). He resumed the practice of law in Owensburg, Kentucky, where he died November 25, 1836. He was interred in the Moseley burying ground on Firth Street. He was reinterred in Rural Hill (later Rosehill Elmwood) Cemetery in 1856.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Philip 1789 births 1836 deaths American militia officers Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians