People named William Thompson

William Thompson was born to Kontrina Lucerne Thompson, and has a sister Sabrina Chante Valentine. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Thompson .

United States Senator. He served as the United States Senator from Kansas from 1913 to 1919. Born in 1871 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, he moved to Kansas with his family in 1880. After graduating from Seneca High School, he studied law under the direction of his father, who was both a farmer and lawyer. Thompson first practiced law in Seneca, Topeka and Iola. In 1894 he married Bertha Felt with whom he would have three children: Thelma Bertha, Wilbert Felt and William Howard, Jr. In 1905 the family moved to Garden City where he was elected judge of the 32nd Judicial District. In 1912 Thompson ran as Democratic candidate for US Senate and won by a majority of 21,000 votes over his Republican opponent, Governor W. R. Stubbs. While serving as senator, Thompson became a leader in the prohibition movement and championed women's suffrage. He had also been a strong supporter of the direct election of Senators, a proposal that became law with the adoption of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913. Thompson was defeated in his bid for re-election 1918. He then resumed his law practice in Kansas City and Tulsa. In 1927 he moved back to Washington, DC, where he practiced law until his death of heart disease. He was temporarily interred in Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, DC, until his remains were transferred to Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka, Kansas, in May of the same year.

William R Thompson was born in July 1854 at Indiana Toll Rd, in Bristol, Indiana United States, and died at age 94 years old on April 11, 1949 in Danville, KY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William R Thompson.

William Thompson of England Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Thompson.

William Thompson of Nazareth, Northampton County, PA was born on January 13, 1905 in Channel Islands or England or Great Britain or Isle Of Man or Northern Ireland or Scotland or Wales, and died at age 71 years old in April 1976.

William H Thompson of Durham, Durham County, NC was born on February 15, 1919, and died at age 64 years old in July 1983.

William H Thompson of Glen Rock, York County, PA was born on August 21, 1925, and died at age 69 years old on October 4, 1994.

William A Thompson of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on July 8, 1916, and died at age 65 years old in October 1981.

William L Thompson of Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA was born on March 17, 1911, and died at age 76 years old in September 1987.

William W Thompson of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA was born on June 21, 1917, and died at age 85 years old on October 29, 2002.

William L Thompson of Tarentum, Allegheny County, PA was born on June 15, 1919, and died at age 82 years old on January 16, 2002.

William F Thompson of Maple Shade, Burlington County, NJ was born on November 9, 1921, and died at age 78 years old on April 8, 2000. William Thompson was buried at Beverly National Cemetery Section W Site 40 916 Bridgeboro Road - Bridgeboro Road, in Beverly.

William Thompson of Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA was born on September 20, 1901, and died at age 82 years old in January 1984.

William R Thompson of Orlando, Orange County, FL was born on August 27, 1920, and died at age 84 years old on December 11, 2004.

William T Thompson of York, York County, PA was born on May 4, 1914, and died at age 90 years old on May 28, 2004.

William C Thompson of Erie, Erie County, PA was born on February 1, 1908, and died at age 78 years old in February 1986.

William J Thompson of Nutley, Essex County, NJ was born on November 28, 1921, and died at age 67 years old on January 13, 1989.

William F Thompson of Butler, Butler County, PA was born on November 7, 1923, and died at age 72 years old on September 26, 1996.

William R Thompson of Mercersburg, Franklin County, PA was born on February 4, 1919, and died at age 80 years old on December 25, 1999.

William S Thompson of Pennsylvania was born on September 20, 1914, and died at age 50 years old in September 1964.

William H Thompson of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on March 20, 1907, and died at age 66 years old in June 1973.

William F Thompson of Red Lion, York County, PA was born on May 12, 1919, and died at age 65 years old in April 1985.

William G Thompson of Plainsboro, Middlesex County, NJ was born on February 22, 1912 in Channel Islands or England or Great Britain or Isle Of Man or Northern Ireland or Scotland or Wales, and died at age 83 years old on July 11, 1995.

William K Thompson of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on February 9, 1922, and died at age 63 years old in January 1986.

William B Thompson of Glen Riddle Lima, Delaware County, PA was born on February 20, 1917, and died at age 69 years old in January 1987.

William H Thompson of Brookhaven, Delaware County, PA was born on May 1, 1917, and died at age 75 years old on November 12, 1992.

William W Thompson of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA was born on November 9, 1928, and died at age 68 years old on December 17, 1996.

William R Thompson of Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA was born on February 19, 1926, and died at age 71 years old on April 26, 1997.

William R Thompson of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on April 7, 1918, and died at age 74 years old on September 22, 1992.