Richard E. Thompson
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{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|12|13}}
| birth_place = Toomsuba, Mississippi
| party = Democratic
| state_senate = Mississippi State
| district = 14th
| termstart = January 1916
| termend = January 1920
| death_date = {{dda|1928|||1871|12|13}}
| death_place = Mississippi
| image = R_E_Thompson.jpg
| caption = c. 1917
}}
Richard Edgar Thompson (December 13, 1871 - 1928) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920.
Biography
Richard Edgar Thompson was born on December 13, 1871, in Toomsuba, Mississippi.{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=thompson|title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi|date=1917|publisher=Department of Archives and History|language=en}} He was the son of John Daniel Thompson and Susan Jane (Camp) Thompson. He grew up in poverty and received his education from a country school. He continued to work on the farm and his father's shop until he became an assistant postmaster and railroad agent. He then served as Toomsuba's postmaster and, while serving in that office, established a Rural Free Delivery route there. Thompson was elected to represent the 14th district in the Mississippi State Senate in 1915 for the 1916–1920 term.{{Cite book|last=Senate|first=Mississippi Legislature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bABCAQAAMAAJ&q=%22R+E+Thompson%22+Toomsuba|title=Journal ...|date=1917|pages=253|language=en}} Thompson died in 1928 in Mississippi."Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CG8K-2YMM : 31 March 2020), Richard E Thompson, 1928.
Personal life
Thompson was a Freemason and a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1891, Thompson married Mollie Elizabeth Hurtt. In 1905, they adopted two children named Paul and Carl.
References
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Category:People from Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Category:Democratic Party Mississippi state senators
Category:20th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature
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