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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Lizzie Price Thompson
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Webster Parish]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1951
| term_end=1952
| preceded=[[Clyde W. Thompson]]
| succeeded=[[E.D. Gleason]]
| birth_date=January 9, 1894
| death_date=July 20, 1973 (aged 79)
| resting_place=Doyline Cemetery
| residence=Doyline, Webster Parish
| death_place=
| occupation=
| spouse=Clyde W. Thompson
| religion=
}}
'''Lizzie Price Thompson''' (January 9, 1894 – July 20, 1973)<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/webster/cemeteries/doylineindex.txt|title=Index to Doyline Cemetery|publisher=Usgwarchives.org|accessdate=June 5, 2009}}</ref> completed the term of her husband, [[C. W. Thompson]], in the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives, having served as the Webster Parish lawmaker i n the interim period from 1951 to 1952. [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] appointed Mrs. Thompson to finish the term. There was insufficient time remaining to require a [[special election]] to choose a temporary legislator. The Thompsons were from the [[village]] of [Doyline in south Webster Parish.
Mrs. Thompson did not run for a full term in the 1952 [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[primary]] election. [[E.D. Gleason]] of the Evergreen Community near Shongaloo in central Webster Parish was elected to the seat. He remained representative until he too died in office in 1959. At that point Governor Long in the last year of his last [[Governor|gubernatorial]] term named Gleason's widow, [[Mary Smith Gleason]], to finish the term.<ref name=lhr>{{cite web|url= http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1808_2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 6, 2022}}</ref>
The Thompsons are interred at Doyline Cemetery.<ref name=dcr/>
==Reference==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Lizzie P.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
| name=Lizzie Price Thompson
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Webster Parish]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1951
| term_end=1952
| preceded=[[Clyde W. Thompson]]
| succeeded=[[E.D. Gleason]]
| birth_date=January 9, 1894
| death_date=July 20, 1973 (aged 79)
| resting_place=Doyline Cemetery
| residence=Doyline, Webster Parish
| death_place=
| occupation=
| spouse=Clyde W. Thompson
| religion=
}}
'''Lizzie Price Thompson''' (January 9, 1894 – July 20, 1973)<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/webster/cemeteries/doylineindex.txt|title=Index to Doyline Cemetery|publisher=Usgwarchives.org|accessdate=June 5, 2009}}</ref> completed the term of her husband, [[C. W. Thompson]], in the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives, having served as the Webster Parish lawmaker i n the interim period from 1951 to 1952. [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] appointed Mrs. Thompson to finish the term. There was insufficient time remaining to require a [[special election]] to choose a temporary legislator. The Thompsons were from the [[village]] of [Doyline in south Webster Parish.
Mrs. Thompson did not run for a full term in the 1952 [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[primary]] election. [[E.D. Gleason]] of the Evergreen Community near Shongaloo in central Webster Parish was elected to the seat. He remained representative until he too died in office in 1959. At that point Governor Long in the last year of his last [[Governor|gubernatorial]] term named Gleason's widow, [[Mary Smith Gleason]], to finish the term.<ref name=lhr>{{cite web|url= http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1808_2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 6, 2022}}</ref>
The Thompsons are interred at Doyline Cemetery.<ref name=dcr/>
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Lizzie P.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]