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{{Officeholder
{Infobox officeholder
|name=Theo Ashton Thompson
|name=Theo Ashton "T. A." Thompson
|image=Theo Ashton Thompson.jpg
|image=Theo Ashton Thompson.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|office=[[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]]<br> for [[Louisiana]]'s 7th congressional district, since disbanded
|spouse=
|term_start=January 3, 1953
|religion=
|term_end=July 1, 1965
|offices=
|preceded=Henry D. Larcade, Jr.
|succeeded=[[Edwin Edwards|Edwin Washington Edwards]]
|birth_date=March 31, 1916
|birth_place=Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
|death_date=July 1, 1965 (aged 49)
|death_place=Gastonia, [[North Carolina]], U.S.
|resting_place=Evangeline Memorial Park<br>in Ville Platte
|spouse=(1) Willa Mae Newman Thompson (1917-1994, divorced)<br>
(2) Leatrice Soileau Thompson<br> (wife at time of death)
}}
|children=No children
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Accountant]]
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
|branch=[[United States Army]] Air Corps
|battles=[[World War II]]}}
'''Theo Ashton Thompson''' (March 31, 1916 – July 1, 1965<ref name=nytimes>[https://www.nytimes.com/1965/07/02/archives/member-of-house-killed-by-a-truck-thompson-of-louisiana-hit-when.html?searchResultPosition=3 MEMBER OF HOUSE KILLED BY A TRUCK; Thompson of Louisiana Hit When Stopped as Speeder]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>) was a [[Democrat]] from [[Louisiana]] who served as the state's U.S. representative from the 7th congressional district (currently defunct since the 2010 census) from 1953 until his death in 1965.
'''Theo Ashton Thompson''' (March 31, 1916 – July 1, 1965<ref name=nytimes>[https://www.nytimes.com/1965/07/02/archives/member-of-house-killed-by-a-truck-thompson-of-louisiana-hit-when.html?searchResultPosition=3 MEMBER OF HOUSE KILLED BY A TRUCK; Thompson of Louisiana Hit When Stopped as Speeder]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>) was a [[Democrat]] from [[Louisiana]] who served as the state's U.S. representative from the 7th congressional district (currently defunct since the 2010 census) from 1953 until his death in 1965.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==