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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyFrank THOMPSON, Jr.
(1918-1989)
THOMPSON, Frank, Jr., a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Trenton, Mercer County,
N.J., July 26, 1918; attended parochial and public schools and Wake
Forest (N.C.) College, 1941 and the Wake Forest Law School; served
in the United States Navy 1941-1948; received three combat
decorations for action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa; commanded the
United States Naval Reserve Battallion 4-22 and completed a
seventeen-month tour of active duty, from August 1950 to January
1952, on the staff of the commander, Eastern Sea Frontier, and
released from active duty January 1, 1952; was admitted to the bar
in 1948 and commenced the practice of law in Trenton, N.J.; member
of the State house of assembly 1950-1954, serving as assistant
minority leader in 1950 and minority leader in 1954; elected as a
Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress; reelected to the twelve
succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, until his
resignation December 29, 1980; chairman, Joint Committee on
Printing (Ninety-fourth and Ninety-sixth Congresses), Committee on
House Administration (Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth, and Ninety-sixth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the
Ninety-seventh Congress; was a resident of Alexandria, Va., until
his death in Bethesda, Md., on July 22, 1989.
Bibliography
Wilson, Augusta Elliot. Liberal Leader in the House —
Frank Thompson, Jr. Washington: Acropolis Books, 1968.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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