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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyJohn Burton THOMPSON
(1810-1874)
Senate Years of Service:
1853-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1859Party: Whig; Opposition;
American (Know-Nothing)THOMPSON, John Burton, a
Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born near Harrodsburg,
Ky., December 14, 1810; completed preparatory studies; studied law;
admitted to the bar and practiced in Harrodsburg, Ky.; Commonwealth
attorney; member, State senate 1829-1833; member, State house of
representatives 1835, 1837; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Simeon H.
Anderson; reelected to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served from
December 7, 1840, to March 3, 1843; elected to the Thirtieth and
Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); chairman,
Committee on the Militia (Thirtieth Congress); lieutenant governor
of Kentucky 1852; elected by the American party to the United
States Senate and served from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1859; died
in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., January 7, 1874; interment in
Spring Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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