Charles Perkins Thompson

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Charles Perkins Thompson (1827-07-30 - 1894-01-19) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Braintree on July 30, 1827. He attended public schools, the Hollis Institute, and Amherst College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Gloucester.

Thompson served as United States Assistant District Attorney from 1855 to 1857, was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Forty-fifth Congress.

Thompson resumed the practice of law, and served as city solicitor of Gloucester. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1880 and again in 1881, and served as judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1885 until his death in Gloucester on January 19, 1894. His interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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• Charles Perkins Thompson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Benjamin Butler

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877

Succeeded by George B. Loring