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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Charles P. Thompson |
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Gloucester, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
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July 30, 1827
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| Died | January 19, 1884
(56 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | THOMPSON, Charles Perkins, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass., July 30, 1827; attended the public schools, the Hollis Institute of Braintree, and Amherst (Mass.) College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Gloucester, Mass., in 1857; United States assistant district attorney from 1855 to 1857; member of the State house of representatives in 1871 and 1872; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; city solicitor of Gloucester, Mass., in 1874, 1875, 1877, and 1879; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1880 and again in 1881; served as judge of the superior court of Massachusetts from 1885 until his death in Gloucester, Mass., January 19, 1894; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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