Biography

01/14/1850 - 11/30/1936

THOMPSON, Horace J., a Representative from Indiana County; born, January 14, 1850 in Marion Center, Indiana County, Pa.; educated in the public schools of Indiana County; engaged in the mercantile business (1871-1892); elected, delegate, Republican State Convention (1896); president, school board, Marion Center; elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1898 and 1900; not a candidate for reelection to the House in 1902; president, Marion Center National Bank (1905-1936); died, November 30, 1936 in Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; interred, Marion Center Memorial Cemetery, Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.