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==U.S. House of Representatives==

==U.S. House of Representatives==

Thompson was elected to the House in the 1952 midterms<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=404947 LA District 7 Race - Nov 04, 1952]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> and re-elected six times.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=36345 Candidate - T. Ashton Thompson]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

Thompson was elected to the House in the 1952 mid-terms<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=404947 LA District 7 Race - Nov 04, 1952]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> and re-elected six times.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=36345 Candidate - T. Ashton Thompson]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

Along with the rest of the Louisiana congressional delegation in 1956, Thompson signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' which desegregated public schools.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> He voted against the [[Civil Rights Act]]s of [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|1957]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> 1960,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

Along with the rest of the Louisiana congressional delegation in 1956, Thompson signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' which desegregated public schools.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> He voted against the [[Civil Rights Act]]s of [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|1957]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> 1960,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>Thompson died a week before passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which Boggs, Morrison, and Willis supported.<ref>.TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. -- GovTrack.us, accessed August 24, 2021.</ref>

On July 1, 1965, Thompson was killed in an automobile accident in Gastonia, [[North Carolina]].<ref name=nytimes/> The driver of the truck that the representative ran into was cleared of reckless driving and manslaughter charges several months later.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/03/archives/jersey-man-freed-in-death-of-louisiana-congressman.html Jersey Man Freed in Death Of Louisiana Congressman]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

On July 1, 1965, Thompson was killed in an automobile accident in Gastonia, [[North Carolina]].<ref name=nytimes/> The driver of the truck that the representative ran into was cleared of reckless driving and manslaughter charges several months later.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/03/archives/jersey-man-freed-in-death-of-louisiana-congressman.html Jersey Man Freed in Death Of Louisiana Congressman]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

Thompson missed 11.4% of all [[roll call vote]]s during his congressional tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/theo_thompson/410797 Rep. Theo Thompson]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

Thompson missed 11.4 percent of all [[roll call vote]]s during his congressional tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/theo_thompson/410797 Rep. Theo Thompson]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Democrats]]

[[Category:Democrats]]

[[Category:Segregationists]]

[[Category:Segregationists]]