Philip R. Thompson

Philip R. Thompson

Philip Rootes Thompson (March 26, 1766 – July 27, 1837) was an eighteenth century and nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Thompson was educated by private teachers as a child. He graduated from the College of William and Mary, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Fairfax, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1793 to 1797 and was elected a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1800, serving from 1801 to 1807. Afterwards, Thompson continued to practice law until his death on July 27, 1837 in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and was interned in Coals Mouth, Virginia (now St. Albans, West Virginia).

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