Philip B. Thompson, Jr.

Philip B. Thompson, Jr.

Philip Burton Thompson, Jr. (October 15, 1845 - December 15, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson attended the common schools and the University of Kentucky at Lexington. During the Civil War entered the Confederate States Army at the age of sixteen and served throughout the war.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Harrodsburg.He was city attorney of Harrodsburg 1867-1869.He was appointed in 1869 and subsequently elected Commonwealth attorney for the thirteenth judicial district of Kentucky, serving until 1874.He was reelected in 1874 and served until 1878, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.

Thompson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Forty-eighth Congress).He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884.He moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law.He died in Washington, D.C., December 15, 1909.He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

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