| LC control no. | n 86823958 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thompson, George Western, 1806-1888 |
| Variant(s) | Thompson, G. W. (George Western), 1806-1888 Virginian, 1806-1888 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Virginia West Virginia Wheeling (W. Va.) |
| Birth date | 1806-05-04 |
| Death date | 1888-02-24 |
| Place of birth | Saint Clairsville (Ohio) |
| Field of activity | Law Legislation Justice, Administration of |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators Judges |
| Found in | nuc86-39695: His Biographical sketch ... [MI] 1852 (hdg. on LCP rept.: Thompson, George Western, 1806-1888; usage: A Virginian) Ellet, C. Remarks touching the Wheeling Bridge suit, 1852: t.p. (Hon. G.W. Thompson) WwWA, hist. vol. (Tmompson [sic], George Western, congressman, lawyer; b. Ohio 14 May 1806; d. Wheeling, W. Va. 24 Feb. 1888) Wikipedia, October 19, 2020 (George W. Thompson; George Western Thompson (May 14, 1806-February 24, 1888) was a nineteenth-century Virginia politician, lawyer and judge. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, resigning to become a state judge. During the American Civil War Judge Thompson resigned that position as because he believed the creation of West Virginia illegal; born in St. Clairsville, Ohio; retired to his estate near Wheeling, West Virginia where he eventually died) Report relative to withholding payment from judges and other officers, &c. &c. &c., 1862: page 3 (George W. Thompson, judge of the 20th judicial circuit of Virginia) |
| Associated language | eng |
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