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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaStandish Fletcher THOMPSON
(1925- )
THOMPSON, 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; is a resident of Marietta, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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