Carmi Alderman Thompson (September 4, 1870 – June 22, 1942) was an American attorney and Republican politician in the

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who was Speaker of the Ohio House and

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from 1907 to 1911. He also fought in the

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Biography

Carmi Thompson was born at

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. He was moved to

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, when he was three years old, where he graduated from Ironton High School in 1886. Sandles 1906: 555 Thompson graduated from

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in 1892, and taught at the High School in

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, for two years. He returned to Ohio State, and graduated from the

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in 1895 with a degree Bachelor of Laws. He began practice in Ironton. He was appointed, and then elected City Solicitor of Ironton from 1896 to 1903. Thompson was elected to the

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in 1903 and served in the 76th and 77th General Assemblies, 1904–1906. In the 77th General Assembly (1906), he was chosen Speaker of the House. In 1906, he was nominated, and then elected Secretary of State, resigned from the House, and served in 1907–1911. During the

, Thompson was captain of Company I of the 7th O. U. S. V. I. He was colonel of the 7th regiment, O.N.G., from 1901 to 1906. He was commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans in 1926. He was

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, and after 1913, he was in the iron ore and shipping business. During the final year of

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's presidency, Thompson served as Secretary to the President. In 1921 he was a member of the advisory committee to the conference on limitation of armaments held at Washington, D.C. In 1926, President

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appointed him special commissioner to make a survey of the economic and internal conditions of the Philippines. Thompson was nominated for

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in 1922, but lost to Democrat A. Victor Donahey. Thompson died on June 22, 1942, at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Carmi A. Secretaries of state of Ohio Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives People from Ironton, Ohio 1870 births 1942 deaths Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives Ohio State University alumni Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni Treasurers of the United States American military personnel of the Spanish–American War People from Wayne County, West Virginia Military personnel from Ohio 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly