Richard W. Thompson

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Richard W. Thompson was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes.

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instanceOf United States Secretary of the Navy
human
lawyer
politician
admittedToBar Indiana NERFINISHED
appointedBy Rutherford B. Hayes NERFINISHED
buriedIn Highland Lawn Cemetery NERFINISHED
cabinet Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1809-06-09
dateOfDeath 1900-02-09
educatedAt private schools in Virginia
era 19th century
familyName Thompson NERFINISHED
givenName Richard
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
Whig Party NERFINISHED
middleName Wigginton NERFINISHED
movedTo Lawrence County, Indiana NERFINISHED
Terre Haute, Indiana NERFINISHED
notableWork Recollections of Sixteen Presidents NERFINISHED
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1880-12-21
officeStart 1877-03-12
placeOfBirth Culpeper County, Virginia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Terre Haute, Indiana NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Unionist during the American Civil War
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
United States Secretary of the Navy NERFINISHED
judge of the Indiana Circuit Court
member of the Indiana House of Representatives
precededBy George M. Robeson NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives
residence Terre Haute, Indiana NERFINISHED
servedIn Indiana House of Representatives NERFINISHED
U.S. House of Representatives NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
stateRepresented Indiana NERFINISHED
studied law
succeededBy Nathan Goff Jr. NERFINISHED
workLocation Indiana NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.

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Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States notableBurial Richard W. Thompson
subject surface form: Highland Lawn Cemetery