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|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
|branch=[[United States Army]] Air Corps
|branch=[[United States Army]] Air Corps
|battles=[[World War II]]}}
|battles=[[World War II]]
|serviceyears=1942-1946}}
'''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 from 1953 until his death in office as the state's [[United States Representative]]from the 7th congressional district, defunct since the 2010 census.
==Background==
Thompson was born in Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish in south Louisiana, where he attended public schools. From 1932 to 1934, he completed a two-year course in [[accounting]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>Theo Ashton “T.A.” Thompson (1916-1965) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 24, 2021.</ref> From 1934 to 1940, Thompson was the traveling auditor for the Louisiana Highway Commission. In 1942, he was the Louisiana representative at the National Assembly of the States in the development of the [[civil defense]] program at a convention held in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name=bioguide>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), accessed, August 24, 2021.</ref>
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, Thom
==Political life==
==Political life==