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'''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 [[Democratic Party|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 office.
'''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 [[Democratic Party|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 office.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
==Political life==
From 1942 to 1946, Thompson served during [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner to the Air Force. From 1948 to 1952, during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. Thompson was the state legislative budget officer and financial adviser.<ref name=biioguide/>
In 1952, Thompson ran unsuccessfully for state auditor, a post no longer elected, on the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] intraparty ticket headed by Judge Carlos Gustave Spaht of Baton Rouge. Thompson lost to then fellow Democrat, and later [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Allison Kolb]], also of Baton Rouge. Former Lieutenant Governor [[Bill Dodd]], who also sought the governorship in 1952 against Spaht and the eventual winner, [[Robert F. Kennon]] in turn unseated Kolb in the 1956 primary for auditor.<ref> ''Minden Press,'' October 15, 1951.</ref>
From 1947 to 1953, Thompson was the chairman of the board of trustees of the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. In 1950 and 1951, he was the representative of the [[United States Department of State]] in Louisiana charged with training foreign representatives in principles of [[democracy]].
Thompson was elected to the U. S. 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>
Thompson was elected to the U. S. 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>