Laforrest H. Thompson
{{Short description|American judge (1848–1900)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Laforrest H. Thompson
|image = Laforrest H. Thompson.jpg
|alt =
|caption = From 1886's Biography of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermont
|office1 = Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
|term_start1 = 1890
|term_end1 = 1900
|predecessor1 = H. Henry Powers
|successor1 = Wendell Phillips Stafford
|office2 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
|term_start2 = 1890
|term_end2 = 1890
|predecessor2 = Homer H. Somers
|successor2 = John L. Dodge
|constituency2 = Irasburg
|office3 = President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
|term_start3 = 1884
|term_end3 = 1886
|predecessor3 = Justus Dartt
|successor3 = Henry C. Bates
|office4 = Member of the Vermont Senate
|term_start4 = 1884
|term_end4 = 1886
|predecessor4 = Walter Denison Crane
|successor4 = Wilbur Fisk Templeton
|constituency4 = Orleans County
|alongside4 = Sydney B. Fletcher
|office5 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
|term_start5 = 1880
|term_end5 = 1884
|predecessor5 = Zuar Eldridge Jameson
|successor5 = Elijah J. Powell
|constituency5 = Irasburg
|office6 = Probate Judge of Orleans County, Vermont
|term_start6 = 1876
|term_end6 = 1881
|predecessor6 = Edward A. Stewart
|successor6 = Orlo H. Austin
|office7 = State's Attorney of Orleans County, Vermont
|term_start7 = 1874
|term_end7 = 1876
|predecessor7 = Walter D. Crane
|successor7 = William R. Rowell
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|1|6}}
|birth_place = Bakersfield, Vermont, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|6|22|1848|1|6}}
|death_place = Irasburg, Vermont, U.S.
|resting_place = Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, Vermont, U.S.
|party = Republican
|spouse = Mary Eliza Dutton (m. 1869)
Helen C. Kinney (m. 1881)
|children = 7 (including Frank D. Thompson)
|education = Kimball Union Academy
|profession = Attorney
}}
Laforrest H. Thompson (January 6, 1848 – June 22, 1900) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont Senate and a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
Biography
Laforrest Holman Thompson was born in Bakersfield, Vermont, on January 6, 1848. He was educated at Kimball Union Academy, taught school while studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and opened a practice in Irasburg.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Nvg_AAAAYAAJ&q=laforrest Jacob G. Ullery, editor], Men of Vermont Illustrated, page 397[https://books.google.com/books?id=c5jOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA265 Samuel Lankton Geroud, editor], The General Catalogue and a Brief History of Kimball Union Academy, 1880, page 265
A Republican, Thompson served as Orleans County State's Attorney from 1874 to 1876, and county Judge of Probate from 1876 to 1881.[https://books.google.com/books?id=EyAuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43 Vermont Secretary of State], Vermont Legislative Directory, 1884, page 43[https://books.google.com/books?id=qttTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 A. N. Marquis & Company, publisher], Who's Who in America (1899-1900), 1899, page 725
In 1880 and 1882 Thompson was Irasburg's member of the Vermont House of Representatives. In 1884 Thompson was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served one term, 1884 to 1886, and was the Senate's President Pro Tem.[https://books.google.com/books?id=3wjt3eoLPF4C&pg=PA171 Hiram Carleton, Editor], Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume 2, 1903, pages 171 to 172[https://books.google.com/books?id=gMTTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA449 Thomas William Herringshaw, editor], Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography], 1914, page 449
In 1890 Thompson was again elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. Later in 1890 he was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court, on which he served until his death.[https://books.google.com/books?id=oSsuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113 Frederick W. Baldwin, editor], History of "Bank of Orleans," "Irasburgh National Bank of Orleans," "Barton National Bank," "Barton Savings Bank," "Barton Savings Bank and Trust Company," 1916, page 113[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&pg=PA368 Prentiss Cutler Dodge, editor], Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, 1912, page 88
Thompson died in Irasburg on June 22, 1900.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/06/23/102601367.pdf New York Times], Newspaper article, Death List of a Day, June 23, 1900 He is buried in Irasburg Cemetery, Plot 350, Row U 32a.[http://www.nekg-vt.com/cemetery/cemetery_irasburg.htm Janice Boyko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407074054/http://www.nekg-vt.com/cemetery/cemetery_irasburg.htm |date=2012-04-07 }}, Vermont Northeast Kingdom Genaology listings for Irasburg Cemetery, 2006
Thompson's son Frank D. Thompson also served on the Vermont Supreme Court.{{cite magazine |date=September 1940 |title=Death Notice, Frank Dutton Thompson |url=http://www.phideltathetaarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1940-41_vol65_no1-5.pdf |magazine=The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta |location=Menasha, WI |publisher=Phi Delta Theta Fraternity |page=86 |ref={{sfnRef|"Death Notice, Frank Dutton Thompson"}}}} Frank Thompson was married to Mabel Miles, whose father Willard W. Miles was also an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.{{sfn|"Death Notice, Frank Dutton Thompson"|page=86}}
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Category:People from Orleans County, Vermont
Category:Republican Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Vermont state senators
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
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