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Joseph Bryan Thompson (April 29, 1871 – September 18, 1919) was an American politician and a
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from
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.


Biography

Born near
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, Thompson attended the public schools, and was graduated from Savoy College in
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, in 1890. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in
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,
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. He moved to Ardmore, Indian Territory. Thompson married Mary Miller, and they raised two sons, James Miller Thompson and Joseph B. Thompson Jr.


Career

Appointed commissioner for the United States court in 1893, Thompson returned to Purcell, Indian Territory. He resigned in 1897 and moved to
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and resumed the
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. He served as delegate to the
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in 1900, 1904, and 1908, and as member of the Democratic Territorial committee from 1896 to 1904. He was chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1906 and 1908, and served in the State senate from 1910 to 1914. Thompson was elected as a
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to the
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and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.


Death

On September 18, 1919, Thompson died of heart failure induced by Bright's disease while on a train near
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en route to his home at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He is
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at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.


See also

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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List ...


References


External links

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Oklahoma Historical Society

Joseph B. Thompson, late a representative from Oklahoma, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1921
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