Carmi Thompson

Carmi Thompson
30th Ohio Secretary of State
In office January 14, 1907 – January 9, 1911
Preceded by	Lewis C. Laylin
Succeeded by	Charles H. Graves
23rd Treasurer of the United States
In office November 22, 1912 – March 13, 1913
Appointed by	William Howard Taft
Preceded by	Lee McClung
Succeeded by	John Burke
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Lawrence County district
In office January 4, 1904 – January 13, 1907
Preceded by	Daniel B. Mauck
Succeeded by	A. Clark Lowry
Personal details
Born	(1870-09-04)September 4, 1870 Wayne County, West Virginia
Died	June 22, 1942(1942-06-22) (aged 71) Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Resting place	Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Ohio State University College of Law

Carmi Alderman Thompson^[1] (September 4, 1870 – June 22, 1942)^[2][3] was a Republican politician in the U. S. State of Ohio who was Speaker of the Ohio House and Ohio Secretary of State from 1907-1911. He also fought in the Spanish American War.

Biography

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Carmi Thompson was born at Wayne County, West Virginia. He was moved to Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio when he was three years old, where he graduated from Ironton High School in 1886.^[4]

Thompson graduated from Ohio State University in 1892, and taught at the High School in Bement, Illinois for two years. He returned to Ohio State, and graduated from the law school in 1895 with a degree Bachelor of Laws. He began practice in Ironton. He was appointed, and then elected City Solicitor of Ironton from 1896 to 1903.^[4]

Thompson was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1903 and served in the 76th and 77th General Assemblies, 1904-1906. In the 77th General Assembly (1906), he was chosen Speaker of the House.^[4] In 1906, he was nominated, and then elected Secretary of State, resigned from the House, and served 1907-1911.

During the Spanish-American War, Thompson was captain of Company I of the 7th O. U. S. V. I. He was colonel of the 7th regiment, O.N.G., from 1901-1906.^[4] He was commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans in 1926.^[1]

He was Treasurer of the United States, and after 1913, he was in the iron ore and shipping business.^[1] In 1921 he was a member of the advisory committee to the conference on limitation of armaments held at Washington, D.C. In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him special commissioner to make a survey of the economic and internal conditions of the Philippines.^[1]

Nominated for Ohio Governor in 1922, lost to Democrat A. Victor Donahey.

Thompson died June 20, 1942 at Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Ironton.^[3]

Notes

References

• Sandles, A P; Doty, E W (eds.). The biographical annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908 : A handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio. State of Ohio. 

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