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Waddy Thompson, Jr. (
January 8,
1798 -
November 23,
1868) was a
U.S. Representative from
South Carolina.
Born in Pickensville (now Pickens), Ninety-sixth District, South Carolina, Thompson moved to Greenville with his parents in his infancy.
He received his early education in neighboring schools, and was graduated from South Carolina College (now the
University of South Carolina), at Columbia in 1814.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and began practice in
Edgefield, South Carolina.
He moved to
Greenville, South Carolina, and continued the practice of law.
He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1826 to 1829.
Thompson was elected solicitor of the western circuit in 1830.
Brigadier general of militia in 1832.
Thompson was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Warren R. Davis.
He was reelected as a
Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses and served from
September 10,
1835, to
March 3,
1841.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-sixth Congress).
He wasn't a candidate for renomination in 1840.
He was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico and served from
February 10,
1842, to
March 9,
1844.
He moved to
Madison, Florida, and engaged in cotton planting.
He was appointed solicitor general of a circuit in 1868.
He died while on a visit to
Tallahassee, Florida,
November 23,
1868.
He was interred in the Episcopal Cemetery.
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