George W. Thompson
| George Western Thompson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th district |
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In office March 4, 1851 – July 30, 1852 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Haymond |
| Succeeded by | Sherrard Clemens |
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| Born |
May 14, 1806 St. Clairsville, Ohio, US |
| Died | February 24, 1888 (aged 81) Wheeling, West Virginia, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Steenrod |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge |
George Western Thompson (May 14, 1806 – February 24, 1888) was a nineteenth-century Virginia politician, lawyer and judge. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, resigning to become a state judge. During the American Civil War Judge Thompson resigned that position as because he believed the creation of West Virginia illegal.
Born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Thompson graduated from Jefferson College in 1824, then studied law in Richmond, Virginia.
He married Elizabeth Steenrod (1817-1897). They had four sons, none of whom survived their mother, and two daughters. Their sons included Confederate Col. William P. Thompson (1837-1896; who became a vice president of Standard Oil as well as president of the Lead Trust), Lewis Thompson (1833-1918), George Western Thompson Jr. (1846-1895; who served a president of the Ohio River Railroad) and Daniel Steenrod Thompson (1853-1893). His daughter Anna Gaither Thompson married Johnson Newlon Camden who became a prominent industrialist, banker and railroad organizer in West Virginia and U.S. Senator, although both his gubernatorial runs failed.
After admission to the Ohio bar in 1826, Thompson began his legal practice in St. Clairsville in 1828.
He moved across the Ohio River to what was Virginia in 1837 and became deputy postmaster of Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1838. He was later appointed to a commission to settle jurisdiction of the Ohio River between Virginia and Ohio.
President James K. Polk appointed Thompson United States Attorney for the western district of Virginia,and he served as from 1848 to 1850.
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