George Lincoln Thompson (November 22, 1864 – September 1, 1941) was an American politician from
New York
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Life
He was the son of Richmond Ansel Thompson and Annie Elizabeth (Handshaw) Thompson. On June 12, 1894, he married Lottie F. Scott.
Thompson was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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(Suffolk Co., 2nd D.) in
1909
Events
January–February
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,
1910
Events
January
* January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military.
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and
1912
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; and was Chairman of the Committee on Public Institutions in 1912.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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(1st D.) from 1915 until his death in 1941, sitting in the
138th,
139th,
140th,
141st,
142nd,
143rd,
144th,
145th,
146th,
147th,
148th,
149th,
150th,
151st,
152nd,
153rd,
154th,
155th,
156th,
157th,
158th,
159th,
160th
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* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
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,
161st,
162nd and
163rd New York State Legislature
The 163rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 8, 1941, to April 24, 1942, during the ninth and tenth years of Herbert H. Lehman's governorship, in Albany.
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He died on September 1, 1941, at his home in
Kings Park, New York
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Geography
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, of a
heart attack
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; and was buried at the Episcopal Church Graveyard in
St. James, New York.
Sources
''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 358f)
in NYT on September 2, 1941 (subscription required)
at Long Island genealogy
External links
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1864 births
1941 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
People from Smithtown, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Kings Park, New York
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature