Biography

08/16/1840 - 01/19/1888


THOMPSON, John C., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 16, 1840 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; clerk; deputy collector, Internal Revenue, Philadelphia County (1869-1877); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1879 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1881 term; died, January 19, 1888 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia.


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