Cyrus Thompson

{{short description|American politician}}{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Cyrus Thompson, 1919.jpg

| caption = Thompson, 1919

| birth_date = {{birth date|1855|2|8}}

| birth_place = Richlands, North Carolina, U.S.

| party = Populist

| otherparty = Democratic

| office = 14th Secretary of State of North Carolina

| term_start = 1897

| term_end = 1901

| predecessor = Charles M. Cooke

| successor = John Bryan Grimes

| governor = Daniel L. Russell

| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|11|20|1855|2|8}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Florence Garland Kent|1882}}

| children = 10

| alma_mater = University of Virginia School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine

}}

Cyrus Thompson (February 8, 1855 – November 20, 1930){{Cite web |title=Thompson, Cyrus {{!}} NCpedia |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/thompson-cyrus |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=www.ncpedia.org}} was a politician and leader of the Populist Party in North Carolina. He served as North Carolina Secretary of State for one term, from 1897 to 1901.

Life

Thompson studied medicine at the University of Virginia Medical School and Tulane University School of Medicine where he received a degree in 1878. Thompson, a medical doctor and farmer, represented Onslow County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1883, and in the North Carolina Senate in 1885. Both times, he was elected as a Democrat. Thompson became a leader in the Farmers Alliance and bolted from the Democrats to become a Populist.

Personal life

He married his wife, Florence Garland Kent, in 1882. They had ten children.

References

Sources

[http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/1898/bios/thompson.html North Carolina Election of 1898]
[http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/manual/manual.html North Carolina Manual of 1913]
[http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=C-72 North Carolina Historical Marker]

{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State|years=1896, 1900}}

{{s-ttl|title=Populist nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State|years=1896, 1900}}

{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State|years=1908}}

{{succession box

| title = North Carolina Secretary of State

| before = Charles M. Cooke

| after = John Bryan Grimes

| years = 1897–1901

}}

Category:1855 births

Category:1930 deaths

Category:Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives