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==Legislative career==

==Legislative career==

Thompson won the position as state representative without opposition in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]].<ref name=lhr>{{cite web|url=  

Thompson won the position as state representative without opposition in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]].<ref name=lhr>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 6, 2022}}</ref>​

http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref>​

In 1948, Thompson was narrowly reelected to the Louisiana House when by 83 votes he defeated a furniture dealer named George Foster, 3,887 to 3,804.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 23, 1948.</ref>​

In 1948, Thompson was narrowly reelected to the Louisiana House when by 83 votes he defeated a furniture dealer named George Foster, 3,887 to 3,804.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 23, 1948.</ref>​

In 1950, Thompson joined state Senator [[Drayton Boucher]] of Springhill to move through the legislature a $175,000 appropriation to establish a vocational school in Webster Parish, one of the pledges of the 1948 [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] gubernatorial campaign.<ref>"Thompson, Boucher Working for Trade School in Webster," ''Minden Herald,'' May 26, 1950, p. 1.</ref> The school was thereafter established adjacent to the Griffith Stadium ball park on Constable Street in Minden. Now known as Northwest Louisiana Technical College, it was relocated in 2013 to a new site off the Interstate 20 service road in Minden.​

In 1950, Thompson joined state Senator [[Drayton Boucher]] of Springhill to move through the legislature a $175,000 appropriation to establish a vocational school in Webster Parish, one of the pledges of the 1948 [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] gubernatorial campaign.<ref>"Thompson, Boucher Working for Trade School in Webster," ''Minden Herald,'' May 26, 1950, p. 1.</ref> The school was thereafter established adjacent to the Griffith Stadium ball park on Constable Street in Minden. Now known as Northwest Louisiana Technical College, it was relocated in 2013 to a new site off the Interstate 20 service road in Minden.​

Thompson died in the last year of his second term in the House. Governor Earl Long appointed Mrs. Thompson to finish her husband’s term. She did not seek a full term, and the position was won by E.D. Gleason of the Evergreen Community near Shongaloo in central Webster Parish. Gleason also died in office, and in 1959, Earl Long, in his last term as governor, named Mrs. Gleason to finish her husband’s term under the same circumstances as he had with his designation of Mrs. Thompson eight years earlier.<ref name=lhr/>​

Thompson died in the last year of his second term in the House. Governor Earl Long appointed Mrs. Thompson to finish her husband’s term. She did not seek a full term, and the position was won by [[E. D. Gleason]] of the Evergreen Community near Shongaloo in central Webster Parish. Gleason also died in office, and in 1959, Earl Long, in his last term as governor, named Mrs. Gleason to finish her husband’s term under the same circumstances as he had with his designation of Mrs. Thompson eight years earlier.<ref name=lhr/>​

The Thompsons are interred at the Doyline Cemetery located on College Street across from the First [[United Methodist]] Church. An unnamed infant Thompson is marked in the cemetery by the date July 21, 1926.

The Thompsons are interred at the Doyline Cemetery located on College Street across from the First [[United Methodist]] Church. An unnamed infant Thompson is marked in the cemetery by the date July 21, 1926.