|
| Affiliation | Democratic |
|
| Name | Robert A. Thompson |
| Address |
Kanawha, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 14, 1805
|
| Died | August 31, 1876
(71 years)
|
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Dec 25, 2014 06:13pm |
| Tags |
|
| Info | THOMPSON, Robert Augustine, (father of Thomas Larkin Thompson), a Representative from Virginia; born near Culpeper Court House, Culpeper County, Va., February 14, 1805; attended a private school at Gallipolis, Ohio, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now West Virginia); member of the State senate 1839-1846; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); declined to be a candidate for reelection; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852; member of the board of visitors to the University of Virginia in 1852; moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1853; appointed in 1853 a member of a commission to settle private land claims in California; appointed by the Governor a reporter of the California Supreme Court in 1870; member of the justices’ court of San Francisco from 1870 until his death in San Francisco, Calif., August 31, 1876; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
|
 | BOOKS |
 |
|
| Title |
Purchase |
Contributor |
|
| Start Date |
End Date |
Type |
Title |
Contributor |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
| INFORMATION LINKS |
|
|
|
