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John Burton Thompson
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John Burton Thompson was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a United States senator. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party. His work location included Washington, D.C.
Born in Harrodsburg in 1810, Thompson died in the same city in 1874. He spoke English. He is recognized in the Us Senators collection.
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Vinony catalogs John Burton Thompson in its U.S. Senators collection (2,034 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 231 inbound references to John Burton Thompson, and connects out to Lazarus Powell, Kentucky's 5th congressional district and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
Vinony files it under 1810 births, 1874 deaths and 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Thompson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harrodsburg
- Place of death
- Harrodsburg
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Political party
- Whig Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Burton Thompson cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- date of birth
- 1810-12-14
- date of death
- 1874-01-07
- name in native language
- John Burton Thompson
- Commons category
- John Burton Thompson
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