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  Thompson, S. Fletcher
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1969-01-01  
 
NameS. Fletcher Thompson
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East Point, Georgia , United States
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Born February 05, 1925
DiedSeptember 13, 2022 (97 years)
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Feb 23, 2024 05:41pm
Tags Married - Army - Methodist -
InfoTHOMPSON, Standish Fletcher, a Representative from Georgia; born in College Park, Fulton County, Ga., February 5, 1925; attended the public schools and Russell High School in East Point, Ga., graduated from Emory University in 1949 and from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1957; was admitted to the bar in 1958 and commenced the practice of law in East Point, Ga.; president of an insurance firm; served in the United States Army Medical Corps in 1943; served as navigator with the Air Rescue Service in the United States Army Air Corps, 1944-1946; during the Korean conflict, 1950-1953, served as pilot with the United States Air Force; elected to the Georgia general assembly as State senator from the thirty-fourth senatorial district in 1964; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate in 1972 for reelection to the United States House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; resumed the practice of law in Atlanta; owns and operates a trucking company; member, Atlanta Regional Commission, 1985; died on September 13, 2022.


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  11/07/1972 GA US Senate Lost 46.01% (-7.94%)
  11/07/1972 GA US Senate - Special Election Lost 46.54% (-5.44%)
  08/08/1972 GA US Senate - R Primary Won 91.13% (+87.98%)
  11/03/1970 GA District 5 Won 57.35% (+14.71%)
  11/05/1968 GA District 5 Won 55.64% (+11.29%)
  11/08/1966 GA District 5 Won 60.13% (+20.26%)
ENDORSEMENTS
GA Lt. Governor - R Primary - May 22, 2018 R David Shafer
GA District 7 - Special Runoff - Nov 08, 1983 D Kathryn McDonald