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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Clyde W. Thompson
| name=Clyde W. Thompson
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Webster Parish
| office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Webster Parish
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
'''Clyde W. Thompson''', known as '''C. W. Thompson''' (November 9, 1890 – May 30, 1951), was a state representative for Webster Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]], who served from 1944 until his death in office some seven years later. He was briefly succeeded as representative by his widow, Lizzie Price Thompson (1894-1973).
'''Clyde W. Thompson''', known as '''C. W. Thompson''' (November 9, 1890 – May 30, 1951), was a state representative for Webster Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]], who served from 1944 until his death in office some seven years later. He was briefly succeeded as representative by his widow, Lizzie Price Thompson (1894-1973).
==Background==
==Background==
Thompson was a native and lifelong resident of Doyline, a [[village]] in south Webster Parish near [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]. He was a [[farmer]] and [[business]]man who operated a store and a [[cotton gin]]. In 1930, Thompson was elected to the Webster Parish School Board and became the board president in 1936 and was thereafter president of the Louisiana School Boards Association. He left the school board to take his legislative seat in the spring of 1944. [[Jimmie Davis]], then of [[Shreveport]], was the incoming [[governor]].<ref>”Doyline Resident Is Candidate for Representative: C.W. Thompson Makes Formal Announcement of Candidacy,” ''Webster Review'' and ''Signal-Tribune,'' October 5, 1943, p. 1.</ref>
Thompson was a native and lifelong resident of Doyline, a [[village]] in south Webster Parish near [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]. He was a [[farmer]] and [[business]]man who operated a store and a [[cotton]] gin. In 1930, Thompson was elected to the Webster Parish School Board and became the board president in 1936 and was thereafter president of the Louisiana School Boards Association. He left the school board to take his legislative seat in the spring of 1944. [[Jimmie Davis]], then of [[Shreveport]], was the incoming [[governor]].<ref>”Doyline Resident Is Candidate for Representative: C.W. Thompson Makes Formal Announcement of Candidacy,” ''Webster Review'' and ''Signal-Tribune,'' October 5, 1943, p. 1.</ref>
The outgoing representative, James Edwin Bolin, Sr. (1914-2002), later the district attorney and a district and circuit court judge, was also a Doyline native. Bolin was away with the military in [[World War II]] and did not seek re-election.
The outgoing representative, James Edwin Bolin, Sr. (1914-2002), later the district attorney and a district and circuit court judge, was also a Doyline native. Bolin was away with the military in [[World War II]] and did not seek re-election.