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[[Robert  Munson]]

[[Robert  Munson]]

|succeeded=Thomas "Bud" Brady

|succeeded=Thomas "Bud" Brady

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|birth_place=Place of birth missing

|birth_date=December 30, 1916

|birth_date=December 30, 1916

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|death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana

|death_date=December 28, 1997 (aged 80)

|death_date=December 28, 1997 (aged 80)

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|spouse=Ellen Lucille Anderson Thompson

|spouse=Ellen Lucille Anderson Thompson

|children=Barbara T. Brown<br>

|children=Barbara T. Brown<br>

Ellen Gayle Anderson}}

Ellen Gayle Anderson

|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State Universiti]]}}

'''Richard S. Thompson''' (December 30, 1916 &ndash; December 28, 1997) was from 1972 to 1984 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 22, which now includes Grant, LaSalle, Winn, and Rapides parishes in north [[Louisiana]].<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>  

'''Richard S. Thompson''' (December 30, 1916 &ndash; December 28, 1997)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23542634/richard-s_-thompson|title=Richard S. Thompson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref> was from 1972 to 1984 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 22, which now includes Grant, LaSalle, Winn, and Rapides parishes in north [[Louisiana]].<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>  

Thompson was the first person to hold the District 22 seat, which was created following redistricting based on the 1970 census. The previous configuration had included Grant Parish in a multi-member district with four representatives. Thompson served during the first two administrations of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] and Edwards's first successor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[David C. Treen]].<ref name=legis/> Along with his service in the Legislature, Thompson was a delegate in 1973 to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention held in the capitol in [[Baton Rouge]].

Thompson was the first person to hold the District 22 seat, which was created following redistricting based on the 1970 census. The previous configuration had included Grant Parish in a multi-member district with four representatives. Thompson served during the first two administrations of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] and Edwards's first successor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[David C. Treen]].<ref name=legis/> Along with his service in the Legislature, Thompson was a delegate in 1973 to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention held in the capitol in [[Baton Rouge]].

Thompson was unseated in the 1983 primary by Thomas Floyd "Bud" Brady (1938-2011) of La Salle Parish. Also in the primary race was former state representative and state senator W. L. Rambo. Brady led the primary field with 6,424 votes (36 percent); Rambo followed with 5,185 ballots (29.1 percent). Thompson garnered 4,960 votes (27.8 percent). The remaining 1,276 votes went to Darrel Thaxton, another Democrat.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> Brady then prevailed by 207 votes in the runoff election against Rambo, 7,301 (50.7 percent) to 7,094 (49.3 percent). Without his strong showing in his own LaSalle Parish, Brady would have been defeated.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref>

Thompson was unseated in the 1983 primary by Thomas Floyd "Bud" Brady (1938-2011) of La Salle Parish. Also in the primary race was former state representative and state senator W. L. Rambo. Brady led the primary field with 6,424 votes (36 percent); Rambo followed with 5,185 ballots (29.1 percent). Thompson garnered 4,960 votes (27.8 percent). The remaining 1,276 votes went to Darrel Thaxton, another Democrat.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> Brady then prevailed by 207 votes in the runoff election against Rambo, 7,301 (50.7 percent) to 7,094 (49.3 percent). Without his strong showing in his own LaSalle Parish, Brady would have been defeated.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref>

A farmer of [[cotton]], [[soybeans]], cattle, hay, and pecan trees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powerprofiles.com/profile/00005145638396/RICHARD+THOMPSON+FARMS+INC-COLFAX-LA#|title=Richard Thompson Farms|publisher=powerprofiles.com|accessdate=July 15, 2011; website no longer operational}}</ref> Thompson resided in the parish seat of Colfax. He died two days before his 81st birthday.

A graduate in the school of agriculture at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], Thompson was a [[farmer]] of [[cotton]], [[soybeans]], [[cattle]], hay, and pecan trees. He also served as chairman of the Grant Parish Soil and Water Conservation District. He received the "Master Farm Family" award in 1960. In 1968, he was named as "Man of the Year" for Louisiana agriculture.<ref name=findagrave/> Thompson resided in the parish seat of Colfax.  

Thompson and his surviving wife, the former Ellen Lucille Anderson (1918-2018), had two daughters, Barbara T. Brown and her husband Daniel Wallace "Dan" Brown (born 1941) of Colfax, and Ellen Gayle Anderson and her husband, Paul J. Anderson, Sr., of Baton Rouge. The Thompsons had nine grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195036360/ellen-lucille-thompson|title=Ellen Lucille Anderson Thompson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>

Thompson died in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] two days before his 81st birthday. He and his wife, the former Ellen Lucille Anderson (1918-2018), had two daughters, Barbara T. Brown and her husband Daniel Wallace "Dan" Brown (born 1941) of Colfax, and Ellen Gayle Anderson and her husband, Paul J. Anderson, Sr., of Baton Rouge. The Thompsons had nine grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195036360/ellen-lucille-thompson|title=Ellen Lucille Anderson Thompson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>

He is remembered through the Richard S. Thompson Memorial Scholarship given to a [[Christian]] student from Grant Parish studying at the Louisiana State University campus in [[Alexandria, Louisiana| Alexandria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsua.edu/About/Foundation/Scholarships|title=Endowed Scholarships|publisher=lsua.edu|accessdate=July 15, 2011}}</ref>  Thompson was also memorialized in death by the naming of the Richard S. Thompson bridge that connects Rapides Parish and Grant Parish.  The bridge was approved during Thompson's tenure in the legislature.

He is remembered through the Richard S. Thompson Memorial Scholarship given to a [[Christian]] student from Grant Parish studying at the Louisiana State University campus in [[Alexandria, Louisiana| Alexandria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsua.edu/About/Foundation/Scholarships|title=Endowed Scholarships|publisher=lsua.edu|accessdate=July 15, 2011}}</ref>  Thompson was also memorialized in death by the naming of the Richard S. Thompson bridge that connects Rapides Parish and Grant Parish.  The bridge was approved during Thompson's tenure in the legislature.