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|office=[[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]]<br> for [[Louisiana]]'s 7th congressional district, since disbanded
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|birth_place=Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
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|terms=January 3, 1953 – July 1, 1965
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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 [[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 1965.
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'''Theo Ashton Thompson''' (March 31, 1916 &ndash; 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 [[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 1965.
  
 
==U.S. House of Representatives==
 
==U.S. House of Representatives==

Revision as of 16:10, August 24, 2021

{Infobox officeholder |name=Theo Ashton "T. A." Thompson |image=Theo Ashton Thompson.jpg |office=United States Representative
for Louisiana's 7th congressional district, since disbanded |term_start=January 3, 1953 |term_end=July 1, 1965 |preceded=Henry D. Larcade, Jr. |succeeded=Edwin Washington Edwards |birth_date=March 31, 1916 |birth_place=Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana |death_date=July 1, 1965 (aged 49) |death_place=Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S. |resting_place=Evangeline Memorial Park
in Ville Platte |spouse=(1) Willa Mae Newman Thompson (1917-1994, divorced)
(2) Leatrice Soileau Thompson
(wife at time of death) |children=No children |party=Democrat |occupation=Accountant |alma_mater=Louisiana State University |branch=United States Army Air Corps |battles=World War II}}

Theo Ashton Thompson (March 31, 1916 – July 1, 1965[1]) was a 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 1965.

U.S. House of Representatives

Thompson was elected to the House in the 1952 midterms[2] and re-elected six times.[3]

Along with the rest of the Louisiana congressional delegation in 1956, Thompson signed the Southern Manifesto in opposition to the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education which desegregated public schools.[4] He voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,[5] 1960,[6] and 1964.[7]

On July 1, 1965, Thompson was killed in an automobile accident in Gastonia, North Carolina.[1] The driver of the truck that the representative ran into was cleared of reckless driving and manslaughter charges several months later.[8]

Thompson missed 11.4% of all roll call votes during his congressional tenure.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MEMBER OF HOUSE KILLED BY A TRUCK; Thompson of Louisiana Hit When Stopped as Speeder. The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ LA District 7 Race - Nov 04, 1952. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  3. ↑ Candidate - T. Ashton Thompson. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf. Congressional Record. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  7. ↑ H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  8. ↑ Jersey Man Freed in Death Of Louisiana Congressman. The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ Rep. Theo Thompson. GovTrack.us. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

External links

  • Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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