| LC control no. | no 89021562 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thompson, J. B. (John Burton), 1810-1874 |
| Variant(s) | Thompson, John Burton, 1810-1874 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Harrodsburg (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1810-12-14 |
| Death date | 1874-01-07 |
| Place of birth | Harrodsburg (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Harrodsburg (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Whig Party (U.S.) Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Attorneys Legislators Lieutenant governors |
| Found in | His Speech of Mr. J.B. Thompson, of Kentucky, on the Apportionment bill ... 1842. MdU/G-K files (hdg.: Thompson, John Burton, 1810-1874; usage: J.B. Thompson) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 881 (John Burton Thompson, political leader, born December 14, 1810 near Harrodsburg, Ky. Studied law under his father, then admitted to the bar and took over his father's prominent law practice there. Elected as a Whig to represent Mercer County in the state Senate 1829-1833. Served in the Kentucky legislature 1835-1839, then filled the seat of Rep. Simeon Anderson as a Congressman. Re-elected to the U.S. House of Represenatives December 7, 1840-1851. Lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1852, then elected to the U.S. Senate March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859) Died January 7, 1874 in Harrodsburg, Ky.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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