William Thompson

William Thompson

Seal

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1818-1819 Representative Federalist
1819-1820 Representative Federalist
Counties Adams

Biography

01/09/1787 - 01/09/1851


THOMPSON, William, a Representative from Adams County; born, January 9, 1787 in York County, Pa; captain, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1812-1814, War of 1812); farmer; elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819 and 1819-1820 terms; died, January 9, 1851 in Adams County, Pennsylvania; interred, Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. 


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