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Thompson declared himself the Imperial Wizard of his own one-man KKK, the Universal Klan or the Fraternal Order of the Klan, as Thompson often termed it.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=2-84635lwKYC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=a+roswell+thompson&source=web&ots=x7GQssWlS1&sig=ybubCwwMC0CWZHfmLPq34WrK4wo</ref>  

Thompson declared himself the Imperial Wizard of his own one-man KKK, the Universal Klan or the Fraternal Order of the Klan, as Thompson often termed it.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=2-84635lwKYC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=a+roswell+thompson&source=web&ots=x7GQssWlS1&sig=ybubCwwMC0CWZHfmLPq34WrK4wo</ref>  

Thompson sought the governorship thirty-two years before former Klansman [[David Duke]], running as the unendorsed Republican candidate, lost the 1991 general election to Democrat Edwin Washington Edwards, who secured his fourth nonconsecutive term in office. Thompson ran in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in December 1959 and December 1963, having polled 4,000 and 3,343 votes, respectively, finishing with less than 1 percent of the vote. The winners of those elections were James Houston "Jimmie" Davis and John J. McKeithen, respectively. Then Thompson filed in the Democratic mayoral primaries of 1965 and 1969, having received 2,121 votes (1.3 percent) and 1,248 ballots (0.73 percent), respectively.<ref>http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2002-02-05/news_feat.html</ref> The winners of those elections were the incumbent Victor H. Schiro and Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, respectively. He ran again in 1973, when Landrieu, who forged a coalition of African Americans and white liberals, handily secured a second term.<ref>Elections Statistics, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1969, and 1973, Baton Rouge: Louisiana Secretary of State</ref> In all, Thompson ran for office fourteen times as an avowed Klansman.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=2-84635lwKYC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=a+roswell+thompson&source=web&ots=x7GQssWlS1&sig=ybubCwwMC0CWZHfmLPq34WrK4wo</ref>  

Thompson sought the governorship thirty-two years before former Klansman [[David Duke]], running as the unendorsed Republican candidate, lost the 1991 general election to Democrat Edwin Washington Edwards, who secured his fourth nonconsecutive term in office. Thompson ran in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in December 1959 and December 1963, having polled 4,000 and 3,343 votes, respectively, finishing with less than 1 percent of the vote. The winners of those elections were [[Jimmie Davis]] and John J. McKeithen, respectively. Then Thompson filed in the Democratic mayoral primaries of 1965 and 1969, having received 2,121 votes (1.3 percent) and 1,248 ballots (0.73 percent), respectively.<ref>http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2002-02-05/news_feat.html</ref> The winners of those elections were the incumbent Victor H. Schiro and Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, respectively. He ran again in 1973, when Landrieu, who forged a coalition of African Americans and white liberals, handily secured a second term.<ref>Elections Statistics, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1969, and 1973, Baton Rouge: Louisiana Secretary of State</ref> In all, Thompson ran for office fourteen times as an avowed Klansman.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=2-84635lwKYC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=a+roswell+thompson&source=web&ots=x7GQssWlS1&sig=ybubCwwMC0CWZHfmLPq34WrK4wo</ref>  

In February 1967, Thompson served as master of ceremonies for a meeting of the Crescent City chapter of the National States' Rights Party. The main speaker at the meeting was the anti-Semitic and anti-African-American J. B. Stoner (1924-2005) of Tennessee and Georgia, a strong critic of both national parties in regard to race relations in the United States.<ref>New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 20, 1967; section 3, p. 16; http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7927</ref>  

In February 1967, Thompson served as master of ceremonies for a meeting of the Crescent City chapter of the National States' Rights Party. The main speaker at the meeting was the anti-Semitic and anti-African-American J. B. Stoner (1924-2005) of Tennessee and Georgia, a strong critic of both national parties in regard to race relations in the United States.<ref>New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 20, 1967; section 3, p. 16; http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7927</ref>